Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96) - Gabon (RATIFICATION: 1961)

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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

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Part II of the Convention. Progressive abolition of fee-charging employment agencies. Prospects for the ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181). The Committee notes that, in reply to the request concerning the initiatives taken with a view to the ratification of Convention No. 181, the Government confirms in its report that the Convention has been submitted to Parliament with a favourable opinion with a view to its ratification. The Committee recalls that at its 273rd Session in November 1998 the ILO Governing Body invited the States parties to Convention No. 96 to contemplate ratifying Convention No. 181, as appropriate. The ratification of Convention No. 181 would lead immediately to the denunciation of Convention No. 96. As a consequence, until Convention No. 181 has been ratified by Gabon, Convention No. 96 will remain applicable in relation to the country, and the Committee will continue to examine its application. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will soon be in a position to complete the steps for the ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), which would involve the immediate denunciation of Convention No. 96 or, on the contrary, to provide information on the manner in which Convention No. 96 is applied.

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Part II of the Convention. Progressive abolition of fee-charging employment agencies. Prospects for the ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181). The Committee notes that, in reply to the request concerning the initiatives taken with a view to the ratification of Convention No. 181, the Government confirms in its report that the Convention has been submitted to Parliament with a favourable opinion with a view to its ratification. The Committee recalls that at its 273rd Session in November 1998 the ILO Governing Body invited the States parties to Convention No. 96 to contemplate ratifying Convention No. 181, as appropriate. The ratification of Convention No. 181 would lead immediately to the denunciation of Convention No. 96. As a consequence, until Convention No. 181 has been ratified by Gabon, Convention No. 96 will remain applicable in relation to the country, and the Committee will continue to examine its application. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will soon be in a position to complete the steps for the ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), which would involve the immediate denunciation of Convention No. 96 or, on the contrary, to provide information on the manner in which Convention No. 96 is applied.

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Part II of the Convention. Progressive abolition of fee-charging employment agencies. Prospects for ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181). In reply to the direct request of 2005, the Government confirms that fee-charging placement is forbidden in Gabon. The recruitment of foreign workers carries an obligation to follow a procedure established by regulation which takes no account of skills and requires no payment. For placement abroad, no fee is charged in the country. The Government further indicates that it has taken note of the information concerning the invitation to contemplate ratifying Convention No. 181 and that the latter has already been submitted to Parliament. The Committee notes that in October 2009, Gabon ratified the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122). In its 2010 General Survey on employment instruments, the Committee pointed out the importance of building or striving to build the institutions needed to ensure the realization of full employment. Convention No. 181 being intrinsically linked to the other instruments (Convention No. 122 and the Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88), it is a necessary instrument for furthering the growth of employment. The public employment service and private employment agencies contribute to the realization of full employment by providing the necessary support institutions, particularly where there is a coordination of efforts (General Survey of 2010 on employment instruments, paragraphs 785–790). The Committee invites the Government to provide information on the initiatives taken, in consultation with the social partners, for the ratification of Convention No. 181.

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Part II. Progressive abolition of fee-charging employment agencies conducted with a view to profit and regulation of other agencies. The Committee has noted that, under the terms of the Labour Code, employment services are free of charge and are provided by the responsible services of the Ministry of Labour and Employment or by any other public organization under its control or any private organization duly recognized by the responsible authorities. It requests the Government to provide, in its next report, general indications on the way in which the Convention is applied in practice, in particular with regard to the recruitment or placing of workers abroad. It recalls that the ILO Governing Body invites the States parties to Convention No. 96 to contemplate ratifying, as appropriate, the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), the ratification of which will, ipso jure, involve the immediate denunciation of Convention No. 96 (document GB.273/LILS/4(Rev.1), 273rd Session, Geneva, November 1998).