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

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Thailand (Ratification: 1969)

1. The Committee notes the Government's report and the information supplied in reply to its direct request. It notes the indications concerning the policy behind the Sixth National Development Plan, 1987-1991, in the field of employment and human resources. Please indicate the extent to which the employment objectives set out in the Sixth Development Plan are being achieved and specify whether particular difficulties have been encountered in this respect and the extent to which they have been overcome. Please supply information on the situation, level and trends of employment, unemployment and underemployment (Article 1 of the Convention).

2. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the procedures adopted to ensure that the effects on employment of measures taken to promote economic development receive due consideration (Article 2). The Committee refers in particular to the impact on employment of the economic strategy that emphasises the privatisation of public enterprises.

3. The Sixth Plan provides, among other objectives, for the promotion of self-employment. The Government indicates that an advisory commission has been set up for this purpose by the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB). The Committee notes with interest that the NESDB requested technical assistance from ARTEP in order to carry out a pilot survey of self-employment in the urban environment. The study illustrated the value of promoting this type of employment and the possibilities that it offers; it included suggestions concerning measures that could be taken. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the action that has been taken as a result of the recommendations made by ARTEP (Part V of the report form).

4. The Committee notes the information supplied on the implementation of the strategy for rural development which was an integral part of the objectives of the Fifth Development Plan. It would be grateful if the Government would continue supplying detailed information on the outcome of the policy initiated under the Fifth Plan and indicate the measures taken or envisaged within the context of the Sixth Plan, 1987-1991.

5. The Committee refers to point 4 of its previous direct request and to the Government's indications concerning the objectives of the Sixth Plan regarding training and the development of employment services, particularly for qualified young persons. Please supply information on the measures that have been taken in these fields, their outcome and the difficulties encountered.

6. The Committee repeats its previous request for information regarding any consultations that have taken place or are envisaged with the representatives of employers' and workers' organisations and of other sectors of the active population, such as persons employed in the rural sector and the informal sector (Article 3).