Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1993)

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Articles 1–3 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Government provides information in its report on the functioning of the State Employment Service and detailed statistical information in reply to the previous direct request. The Committee notes in this regard that, among its functions, the State Employment Service ensures the implementation of legislative measures to promote employment and takes relevant measures to promote employment of the unemployed and jobseekers and to engage them in vocational training, additional education and paid community work. The State Employment Service also collects information from employers on vacant positions and makes use of this information with jobseekers. The Government indicates that 76 employment offices of the State Employment Service are operating throughout the country. The Committee notes from the statistical information provided that in 2014 the State Employment Service placed 29,490 persons in employment out of 47,755 applications for employment received. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the impact of the activities carried out by the State Employment Service. It also requests the Government to continue to provide information on the number of public employment offices established, the number of employment applications received, the number of vacancies notified (throughout the year) and the number of persons placed in employment by such offices, including statistics disaggregated by sex.

Articles 4 and 5. Cooperation with employer and worker representatives. In its previous comments, the Government indicates that the employment offices of the State Employment Service that operate throughout Azerbaijan’s districts, towns and cities regularly organize round tables on the theme “The Role of The Social Partners (or Employers) in Providing Employment Services”. The round tables are attended by representatives of district executive authorities, local coordination committees for employment promotion and employers’ and workers’ organizations. Matters discussed at these round tables include the situation of the labour market, employment policy as well as the submission of reports and information relating to employment promotion, employment-related measures to protect the unemployed and jobseekers, and mutual cooperation with employers. The Committee notes with interest that, as a result of these meetings and discussions, enterprises in the various regions of the country have started to cooperate more closely with the State Employment Service and the rate of submission of reports has increased. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the consultations held with employers’ and workers’ organizations in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of employment service policy and on the impact of such consultations, as appropriate.

Articles 7 and 8. Measures for particular groups of applicants for employment. The Government indicates that, in 2014, most of the people who benefited from active measures taken by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection were young people. The Government adds that the main aim of vocational guidance work with young people is to guide them towards a basic vocational education and to teach them how to communicate with employers during the recruitment process. The Committee also notes that local coordination committees discuss suggestions from district, town and city employment offices on setting the quota of jobs for the employment of people who are in a particular need of social protection and experience difficulty in finding work. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information, including statistical information, concerning the impact of measures taken by the State Employment Service to meet the employment needs of young persons and other vulnerable groups of applicants for employment, such as persons with disabilities, and special groups of applicants for whom specialized arrangements have been made.