Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Panama (Ratification: 1970)

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 full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 3 of the Convention. The Committee noted the information provided in the report to the effect that there are four employment agencies in operation and that at present the Government is contemplating maintaining and strengthening the existing system of employment agencies rather than expanding it. The Committee trusts that the Government will be in a position to supply information in its next report concerning the steps taken to ensure that the network of local offices of the employment service are capable of catering for the needs of each of the regions of the country as provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Articles 4 and 5. With reference to the previous comments of the Committee, the Government stated that it was not possible to set up the planned national advisory committee due to the current political situation. The Committee noted the information supplied by the Government to the effect that the National Directorate of Employment had been working in close collaboration with the employers' and workers' organisations of the country in order to achieve the effective organisation and operation of the national employment service. Please supply additional information with regard to the way in which co-operation and consultation with the representatives of employers and workers is organised, with particular reference to recent developments, and concerning the setting up of advisory committees such as those required by the provisions of the Articles in questions.