Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1981)

Collaboration with the social partners. Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes the report received in August 2009 in which the Government replies that no advisory committees have been set up to secure the cooperation of representatives of employers and workers. The Government refers to the information already provided concerning the national employment and decent work policy and the programmes to generate employment, provide vocational training and support the integration of women into the labour market. The Committee understands that the Government is proposing to strengthen the National Labour Council so that it contributes to devising and implementing employment and decent work policies and programmes. The Committee therefore requests the Government to take the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 of Convention No. 88 into account to secure the cooperation of representatives of employers and workers in the organization and operation of the employment service, as well as in the development of employment service policy. The Committee also refers to its comments concerning the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142), and requests the Government to provide information on the progress which has been made in applying the above provisions of Convention No. 88.

Cooperation with private employment agencies. The Committee understands that the operation of placement services and private employment agencies is regulated by Ministerial Agreement No. JCHG-004-04-07 of 25 April 2007. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the effective cooperation secured between the public employment service and private employment agencies.

Practical information on the application of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to include in its next report any statistics published 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 (Part IV of the report form).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2011.]