Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2005, Publicación: 95ª reunión CIT (2006)

Convenio sobre el servicio del empleo, 1948 (núm. 88) - Guatemala (Ratificación : 1952)

The Committee notes the report provided by the Government for the period ending September 2005 which contains detailed information on the Electronic Employment Exchange, Employment Kiosks, Employment Fairs and the labour market measures adopted by the General Directorate of Employment (Article 6 of the Convention). The Government expresses the hope that it will have greater resources to establish a sufficient number of agencies to meet the needs of both employers and workers throughout the country. The Committee trusts that the Government will provide information in its next report on any further progress achieved in modernizing the network of offices and the measures adopted to ensure that they are sufficient in number (Article 3).

Articles 4 and 5. The Government indicates that there is a project in the General Directorate of Employment for the adaptation of employment councils. The Committee refers to the comments that it has been making for many years and trusts that the Government will take the necessary measures to give full effect to the above Articles, which provide for the cooperation of representatives of employers and workers through advisory committees in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of employment service policy.

Part IV of the report form. Please continue providing statistical data on the number of public employment offices, applications for employment received, vacancies notified and persons placed in employment by such offices.