Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1954)

Part II of the Convention. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its earlier comments, and in particular, the provisions of the Ministerial Directive No. 006/86, of 14 January 1986, concerning the operation of private employment agencies. According to this Directive, the private employment agencies are subject to the authorisation and supervision of the General Directorate of Employment of the Ministry of Labour and Development. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate, in its next report, the measures taken to implement the Directive, as provided for under its Article 2. More particularly, it requests for indications on whether these agencies shall be required to be in possession of a yearly licence renewable at the discretion of the competent authority, whether they shall only charge fees and expenses on a scale submitted to and approved by the competent authority or fixed by the said authority, and whether they shall only place or recruit workers abroad if permitted to do so by the competent authority and under conditions determined by the laws and regulations in force, in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 2(b), (c) and (d), of the Convention. Please also supply information concerning the number of agencies for which such authorisations are issued under the above Directive and the scope of their activities, as required by Article 9.

While noting the Government's statement to the effect that it is not possible for economic reasons to organise a network of public, free employment agencies at the national scale and consequently not possible to fix the length of the period prescribed for the abolition of private employment agencies which were operating before the adoption of the above Directive, the Committee reiterates its hope that the Government will continue to keep it informed on any progress made in this regard.