Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Repetition

Articles 1 to 5 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. Cooperation with the social partners. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to the 2009 direct request. The Government indicates that the operation of employment services is supervised in the context of the implementation of its five-year programme and that the social partners are involved, particularly in the context of drawing up draft legislation respecting employment services. Moreover, a skills framework for technicians, wage-earners and employees (Qualificador Comum de Técnicos, Operários e Empregados), which has been favourably received by the social partners, is reported to be in the final stages of preparation. The Committee requests the Government to provide more detailed information on the activities carried out by employment services with a view to promoting full employment. It also requests the Government to provide statistical data on the number of public employment offices established, the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by such offices.

Articles 7 and 8. Measures for particular categories of jobseekers. The Government indicates that recently qualified young people account for the majority of beneficiaries of the Employment and Vocational Training Strategy (2006–15). The Committee also notes that the Government has placed emphasis on measures to improve the services provided by employment services through, among other steps, the consolidation of the Support Fund for initiatives by young people, the provision of training to young entrepreneurs and the organization of employment grants for young people in coordination with the private sector. The Committee requests the Government to report the measures that have been taken to meet the needs of young people, persons with disabilities and other particular categories of jobseekers, and their impact, particularly in the framework of the implementation of the Employment and Vocational Training Strategy (2006–15).

Article 11. Cooperation with private employment agencies. The Government reports the visits carried out to encourage private enterprises to have recourse to public employment services. The Committee requests the Government to provide more detailed information on the measures taken to ensure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies.