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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Ecuador (Ratification: 1975)

The Committee takes note of the Government's report. It notes in particular the information supplied by the Government under Article 6(c) of the Convention concerning practical steps taken with a view to make the information on the situation on the employment market available to the public authorities, the employers' and workers' organisations concerned and the general public.

Articles 4 and 5. The Committee notes the establishment, by Decree No. 2449 of 21.2.1984, of the National Employment Council, as well as of some other advisory bodies of the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources. While noting this information, the Committee would like to recall that these Articles of the Convention provide for the setting up of advisory committees for the cooperation of representatives of employers and workers in the organisation and operation of the employment service and in the development of the employment service policy. According to Article 4, such committees shall be established nationally and, where necessary, regionally and locally, and shall include representatives of employers and workers appointed in equal numbers, after consultation with representative organisations of employers and workers. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which the National Employment Council activities satisfy these requirements of the Convention or to take the necessary measures in the very near future in order to establish such committees in accordance with these Articles. It asks the Government to provide, in its next report, information on these points.

Article 6(b). The Committee notes that the Draft Regulations drawn up under section 545, paragraph (3), of the Labour Code, with a view to strengthening this provision and facilitating its implementation, is still under study. It also notes the Government's statement in the report to the effect that its current employment policy contemplates the facilitation of occupational and geographical mobility of workers, but it is not possible to assess the results of the National Development Plan 1985-88 in this respect. The Committee would be grateful if, in its next report, the Government would indicate measures taken or envisaged by the employment service in order to facilitate occupational and geographical mobility, as required under this Article.

Article 8. The Committee notes from the Government's report that the Ecuadorian Vocational Training Service (SECAP) conducts on a permanent basis training courses for workers in all the industrial sectors and, in particular, for juveniles. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information on special arrangements for juveniles made within the framework of the employment and vocational guidance services, in accordance with this Article.

Article 9, paragraph 4. The Committee notes that the Government reiterates its statement to the effect that it would be important that the Inter-American Centre of Labour Administration (CIAT) would make a proposal concerning training programmes for the employment service staff, so that the authorities might consider it. It hopes that positive developments will take place in this field and it trusts that the Government will not fail to provide information, in its next report, on any progress made on the arrangements made to ensure the training of employment service staff for the performance of their duties, as set forth in this Article.