Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2014, publiée 104ème session CIT (2015)

Convention (n° 88) sur le service de l'emploi, 1948 - Grèce (Ratification: 1955)

Article 1(2) of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee notes that the Government indicates in its report that the number of registered jobseekers was measured at 876,364 (until 31 May 2013) and the number of vacancies notified until 31 May 2013 was 2,483. The number of persons placed in employment was 2,019 in May 2013 and 73,769 for the period 2010 to May 2013. The Government also indicates that, following a decision to reduce the operating costs of the network of the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED), six Employment Promotion Centres (KPA2) located in Attica have been merged in three large employment structures. The OAED now includes 118 KPA2 offering employment and counselling services as well as social provisions in one structure (one-stop shops), therefore aiming at providing faster and more efficient services to citizens. The Committee refers to its 2014 observation on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), in which it noted the high levels of unemployment, including long-term unemployment, and requests the Government to provide information on the activities carried out by the OAED and KPA2 and the manner in which, pursuant to Article 1(2) of the Convention, it ensures the best possible organization of the employment market as an integral part of the national programme for the achievement and maintenance of full employment and the development and use of productive resources. It also invites the Government to continue to provide information on the number of public employment offices established by the OAED, the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by the offices (Part IV of the report form). The Committee hopes that this information will allow for the assessment of public employment offices’ effectiveness.

Article 11. Cooperation with private employment agencies. The Government indicates that, by expanding their scope of activities to counselling and vocational guidance, private employment agencies have the proper tools for the better placement of unemployed persons. The Government refers to section 104 of Act No. 4052/2012 and indicates that private employment agencies have to cooperate with the OAED. A list of private employment agencies licensed or certified by the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Welfare is available on the OAED website. The Committee requests the Government to provide examples of the impact of the measures taken to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies.