Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Kazakhstan (Ratification: 2001)

Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report indicating that the Ministry of Health and Social Development is the central executive authority responsible for coordinating the state employment system, which is organized into 224 offices around the country. It further notes that, under the “Employment Roadmap 2020” programme, 208 employment centres have been created to improve employment placement. In line with this programme, employment offices provide career guidance to the self-employed, the unemployed and the low-income population. As at 1 August 2014, 45,800 people had found workplaces, 27,600 had completed courses in basic entrepreneurship and 116,200 had received vocational training, of whom 79,600 had found work. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken to establish and locate sufficient employment offices to serve the employers and workers in each of the geographical areas of the country. Please indicate what arrangements are made to review the network of employment offices, where necessary, to meet the changing requirements of the economy and the working population.

Articles 4 and 5. Cooperation with the social partners. The Government indicates that it maintains collaboration with the social partners on employment matters through the National Tripartite Commission on Social Partnership. The Committee requests the Government to give particulars of the arrangements made for the cooperation of representative organizations of employers and workers in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of employment service policy.

Article 7. Measures for particular categories of workers. The Committee notes that the “Employment Roadmap 2020” contains mechanisms for the training and placement of young people and to facilitate their mobility to regions in need of labour. The Government reports that, as at 1 August 2014, 12,325 young people had received vocational training, 1,270 had been trained in basic entrepreneurship and 1,069 had received microcredits. In addition, 2,560 young people had been employed in infrastructure projects in urban and rural areas. The Government adds that, under the same programme, people over 50 (but not yet of pensionable age) have priority access to vocational training and employment assistance. In this regard, as at 1 August 2014, 10,173 persons in the over 50 age group had taken part in vocational training programmes, of whom 2,831 had found work. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the measures and activities carried out by the public employment service to facilitate the integration of particular categories of workers into the labour market.

Article 11. Cooperation between public and private employment agencies. The Government indicates that the Ministry of Health and Social Development is endeavouring to strengthen collaboration between state employment authorities and private employment agencies. It indicates that under the “Employment Roadmap 2020” programme both public and private employment agencies are required to assist in the provision of career guidance. The Committee requests the Government to provide more specific information on the impact of the measures taken to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies.