Seychelles
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2014
- 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
- -
- Other
- 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.
- -
Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- Yes
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- -
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- Yes
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- Yes
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
The long-term vision of the National Employment Policy is to provide productive, non-discriminatory, exploitation-free, decent, safe and healthy work opportunities for citizens of working age. This will be achieved through building an investment-friendly environment, in addition to managing a labour market which contributes to the national economy so that it can compete at the global level. The employment policy also ensures sustainable economic development by promoting full, productive and freely chosen employment for the country’s workforce; developing high-quality, multi-skilled human resources that are in line with the changing needs of the industry and international labour standards.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- The National Employment Policy intends to attain its objectives through the following strategies:
1. Prudent economic management and sound macroeconomic policies.
2. Human resources and skills development and employability.
3. Active labour market policies, employment services and labour market information system.
4. Sectoral development, small and medium-sized enterprise development and formalisation of informal employment.
5. Migration, foreign labour and localisation.
6. Youth employment.
7. Vulnerable groups/Labour force challenges.
8. Non-discrimination in the workplace.
9. Social protection.
10. Labour market institutions and social dialogue.
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
- Yes
Additional information:
- On average, around 75 per cent of students successfully complete secondary education (up to S5); the target rate should be a minimum of 90 per cent to have an impact on the labour market and youth unemployment.Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- -
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- NA
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- Yes
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- Yes
Additional information:
- The number of newly registered SMEs by age, gender of the owner, family status and industry. - Employment by age, gender, education level, sector, occupation and nationality. - Job placement by age, gender, family status, education level, sector, occupation and nationality. - Jobseekers by age, gender, family status, educational background, occupational choice and industry. - Jobseekers on welfare benefits by age, gender, family status and education level. - Measures of inclusiveness such as the Gini coefficient and poverty levels. - Wage differential disaggregated by age, gender, occupation, sector, and nationality. - Sectoral and national labour productivity levels. - Number of graduates from post-secondary training institutions (PSTIs) (professional centres) placed in jobs and occupations relevant to the field of training, disaggregated by gender. - Number of university graduates placed in jobs and occupations relevant to the area of training, disaggregated by gender. - Number of people in skills acquisition programme and placed in jobs, disaggregated by gender and age. - Disadvantaged people in gainful employment (e.g. young mothers, youth, people with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS, single parents (14-17 years old), workers above the age of 55 years, unemployed welfare-dependent people, substance-abuse social cases and ex-convicts), disaggregated by social attribute, gender, education level and age. - Migration of skilled Seychellois labour.Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- -
- Rural workers
- -
- Older persons
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Others: Vulnerable groups in the labour market such as young mothers, young single parents (14-17 years of age), workers above the age of 55 years, welfare-dependent people, ex-convicts, substance-abuse social welfare cases, non-academic youths, and people living with disabilities.