Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Czechia (Ratification: 1993)

1. The Committee notes the detailed information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous direct request, and the legislative texts attached to it. The Committee notes in particular the relevant provisions of Act No. 81 of 1986 respecting the Eighth Five-Year Plan, and those of Act No. 88 of 1988 on state enterprises. The Government indicates in its report that the reconstruction of the Czechoslovakian economic management system is intended in particular to extend the economic independence of productive organisations and increase the productivity of employment. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue supplying information on the measures adopted to make work as productive as possible, as laid down in Article 1, paragraph 2(b), of the Convention. It trusts that the Government will continue to ensure that "there is work for all who are available for and seeking work" (Article 1, paragraph 2(a)) and to guarantee freedom of choice of employment under the circumstances laid down in paragraph 2(c). Please specify whether particular difficulties have been encountered in achieving the objectives of the employment policy of the State Development Plan for the National Economy of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1986-90, and indicate the extent to which these difficulties have been overcome.

2. The Government indicates in its report that a measure to retrain workers for their reintegration into the labour market is being prepared. Please supply, in the next report, information on the progress achieved in this respect. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue to supply, for this Convention and for Conventions Nos. 142 and 159, information on training policy, vocational rehabilitation and retraining policy, and on the measures taken to co-ordinate these policies with the forecast supply and demand of labour.

3. The Committee notes the information and statistics supplied on employment in the agricultural sector. Please continue supplying detailed information on the development of the employment situation in this sector, if possible based on the available results of the survey of 1 February 1989. In particular, please specify the effect on the creation of productive employment of the provisions of Act No. 95 of 1988, which makes it possible for individuals, or groups of individuals, to rent agricultural land from collective farms for the purpose of production.

4. Article 3. The Committee notes that under the terms of Act No. 88 of 1988 on state enterprises "collective workers' councils" will be given greater responsibility with regard to the planning of production and on matters related to employment policy in the enterprise. The report also indicates that the committees of agricultural co-operatives have responsibilities in this area. Please supply additional information on the way in which full account is taken of the experience and views of representatives of the various parties concerned with the formulation and implementation of employment policy, particularly within the context of the current reconstruction process of the national economic management system.