Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Lebanon (Ratification: 1977)

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Application of an active employment policy. The Government indicates in its report the establishment, within the National Employment Office (NEO), of a programme entitled “New Entrants to Work”. The Government adds that the ILO will be kept informed of all efforts to promote the application of the Convention. The Committee recalls that Article 1(1) of the Convention requires the State to declare and pursue, as a major goal, an active policy to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment. The policy has to be coordinated with other major decisions taken in the economic and social field. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken to declare an active policy designed to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment, within the framework of a coordinated economic and social policy. It once again requests the Government to provide information on the results achieved through the measures implemented by the NEO in terms of the creation of lasting employment and the reduction of unemployment and underemployment. Please also provide statistics and other relevant data on the situation and trends of employment, unemployment and underemployment, particularly with regard to women and young workers.

Employment promotion through education and vocational training for young persons. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the vocational education and training programmes implemented and to indicate the results achieved in terms of the integration of the beneficiaries, and particularly women and young persons, into lasting employment.

Migrant workers. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures adopted within the framework of an active employment policy to prevent abuse in the recruitment of foreign workers resident in Lebanon (see Part X of Employment Policy (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation, 1984 (No. 169)).

Promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken in order to “create an environment conducive to the growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises” (see the Job Creation in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Recommendation, 1998 (No. 189), Paragraph 5).

Article 3. Participation of the social partners in the formulation and implementation of policies. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the consultations held with the social partners on matters relating to employment policy. Please also indicate the manner in which the views of representatives of those working in the rural and the informal economy are taken into account.