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Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Türkiye (RATIFICATION: 1950)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain up to date information on the application of the Convention, particularly in reply to the points raised in the Committee’s 2007 direct request, which referred to the following matters.

1. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ) reiterates, in its comments received in September 2009, the need to enhance the institutional capacity of the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR) through the provision of the necessary financial resources. The Committee invites the Government to supply detailed information on the activities İŞKUR has undertaken following its restructuring. Similarly, the Committee requests that such information be supported by statistics on the number of jobseekers and employers who made use of İŞKUR’s services, and the results of such activities in matching jobseekers and employers.

2. Article 4 of the Convention. Participation of social partners. In its remarks, TÜRK-İŞ recalls that İŞKUR’s General Council is an important platform for the discussion of economic and social policies with the aim of finding solutions that meet social partners’ demands. TÜRK-İŞ also refers to vocational training and employment boards operating at provincial level as being a fundamental tripartite structure. The Committee refers to its comments on the application of Convention No. 122 and asks the Government to supply information on the activities of the vocational training and employment boards and other advisory bodies, and the arrangements that have been made for the cooperation of employers’ and workers’ representatives in the organization and operation of employment service and in the development of employment service policy.

3. Article 9. Status and training of employment service staff. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the stability, recruitment, training and skills of İŞKUR staff, and the results of efforts it has taken with respect to improving access of its employees to such training activities.

4. Article 11. Cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies. The Committee requests the Government to report on efforts made to secure effective cooperation between the public employment services and the private employment agencies, with specific reference to the outcomes of the Project for Active Employment Programme (AIPP).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2010.]