Samoa
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2016; 2ND revision in 2022
- Is the NEP under revision?
- No
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- Ministry in charge of economy/planning/finance
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of employment
- Yes
- Sectoral ministries
- Yes
- Trade unions
- Yes
- children
- -
- Civil society groups, such as women or youth associations
- Yes
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- ILO
- Yes
- Regional
- No
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour.Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- -
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- Yes
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- -
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- -
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
SNEP-2 Vision for Samoa: “Recover, increase, and sustain Samoa’s employment numbers and standards to pre-COVID-19 levels.”Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- The SNEP 2021/22–2025/26 has three overarching Pillars:
(1) Strengthen Labour Market Demand;
(2) Strengthen Labour Market Supply; and
(3) Strengthen Employment Policies, Institutions, and Regulatory Environment.
These Pillars are channelled through 16 Policy interventions, encompassing 34 key objectives (see Table 2 p. 24-25 fo reference).
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Additional information:
Number of formal employment and formal wages : Baseline (2020/2021 FY) : 2020 Levels Mid Term (2020/2023 FY) : Increase by 20% End of SNEP (2025/2026 FY) : Increase by 40%. Green job employment: Baseline (2020/2021 FY) : 2020 Levels Mid Term (2020/2023 FY) : Increase by 10% End of SNEP (2025/2026 FY) : Increase by 20%. Number of seasonal workers : Baseline (2020/2021 FY) : 2020 Levels Mid Term (2020/2023 FY) : Increase by 20% End of SNEP (2025/2026 FY) : Increase by 40%. Number of Seafarers: Baseline (2020/2021 FY) : 2020 Levels Mid Term (2020/2023 FY) : Increase by 20% End of SNEP (2025/2026 FY) : Increase by 40%. Number of Seasonal Workers in Trade: Baseline (2020/2021 FY) : 2020 Levels Mid Term (2020/2023 FY) : Increase by 20% End of SNEP (2025/2026 FY) : Increase by 40%. Number of employment in manufacturing (food and non food) : Baseline (2020/2021 FY) : 2020 Employment levels in these industries Mid Term (2020/2023 FY) : Employment increased by 15%. End of SNEP (2025/2026 FY) : Employment increased by 30%. Umber of arrivals and Tourism earning: Baseline (2020/2021 FY) : 2020 Levels Mid Term (2020/2023 FY) : Tourism earning increase by 25% End of SNEP (2025/2026 FY) : Tourism earning increase by 50%. Amount spent on decent employment generation : Baseline (2020/2021 FY) : SAT $ 2 million Mid Term (2020/2023 FY) : SAT $ 10 million End of SNEP (2025/2026 FY) : SAT $ 20 million.Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- Yes
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- Yes
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Additional information:
- Number of formal employment and formal wages; - Green job employment; - Number of seasonal workers; - Number of Seafarers; - Number of Seasonal Workers in Trade; - Number of employment in manufacturing (food and non food); - Umber of arrivals and Tourism earning; - Amount spent on decent employment generation.Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- -
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: child labour ; street vendors ; seafarers ; vulnerable groups ; laid-off employees due to COVID-19 ; laid off workers from affected industries.