Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2005, publiée 95ème session CIT (2006)

Convention (n° 88) sur le service de l'emploi, 1948 - Kazakhstan (Ratification: 2001)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its 2004 direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention. In particular it notes with interest the provisions of Act No. 149 of 23 January 2001 concerning employment of the population, which assign to the public employment service a key role in the preparation and implementation of national employment policy. It refers to its comments on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and requests the Government to indicate the manner in which the public employment service participates in the implementation of the national programme for combating poverty and unemployment (Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would also send a copy of the text of any regulation or circular adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Employment Act. It also invites the Government to provide further information in its next report on the following points.

1. Organization of the employment offices network (Article 3 of the Convention and Part IV of the report form). Please indicate the volume of activity of local employment offices operating in towns and rural areas. Please describe the measures adopted or envisaged to ensure that the network of employment offices is sufficient to serve the employers and the workers throughout the country.

2. Cooperation of employer and worker representatives (Articles 4 and 5). The Committee recalls that the Convention requires the setting up in the employment service of one or more advisory committees, which should include employers’ and workers’ representatives in equal numbers, in order to ensure their cooperation in the organization and operation of the employment service, and in the development of its general policy. It requests the Government to describe the arrangements made or envisaged to give effect to these important provisions of the Convention.

3. Activities of the employment service (Article 6). Please describe the measures taken to promote the communication of job vacancies and applications from one employment office to another where necessary. Please indicate all measures taken by the employment service to favour the professional or geographical mobility of workers. Please describe the manner in which the employment service collaborates in the administration of unemployment insurance and in the application of other social protection measures for the unemployed.

4. Specialization within employment offices (Article 7(a)). Please indicate whether measures have been adopted or are being contemplated to enable employment offices to offer specialized services according to profession or branch of activity.

5. Measures for particular categories of applicants for employment (Article 7(b)). The Committee notes that the Employment Act provides for special measures to be taken for particular categories of applicants for employment, such as disabled persons. It requests the Government to describe the measures taken by the employment service to apply this provision.

6. Special arrangements for young people (Article 8). The Committee notes that the Employment Act provides for special measures to be taken for young people. It requests the Government to describe the measures adopted by the employment service to apply this provision.

7. Staff of the employment service (Article 9). Please describe recruitment methods and conditions of service of the employment service staff. Please describe the measures taken to provide their initial and ongoing training.

8. Encouraging the use of the employment service (Article 10). Please indicate the measures adopted, in collaboration with employers’ and workers’ organizations, to encourage full use of the employment service by employers and workers.

9. Cooperation with private employment agencies (Article 11). The Committee notes the provisions of the Employment Act concerning the role of private employment agencies. It invites the Government to describe the measures taken or contemplated in order to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies.