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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Egypt (Ratification: 1954)

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. (Establishment of advisory committees.) The Committee takes note of the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous comments. The Government's report indicates that the Central Council for Manpower and Training has been established in accordance with Decision No. 795 of 1976 of the President of the Republic. The Committee requests the Government to state in its next report whether this body is specifically empowered to co-operate in the organisation and operation of the employment service and in the development of employment service policy. It also asks the Government to indicate whether the representatives of employers and workers on this Council are appointed in equal numbers after consultation with representative organisations of employers and workers, as stipulated in the Convention.

The Committee also notes that the Government's report again refers to sections 76 and 79 of Act No. 137 of 1981 (enacting the Labour Code) which provide for the establishment of a Central Advisory Labour Council (section 76) and of advisory employment committees at various geographical and sectoral levels (section 79). Since it appears that measures to implement these provisions have not yet been issued, the Committee asks the Government to clarify the legal and practical situation with regard to the creation and attributions of the various advisory bodies referred to in the information on the implementation of Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention.