Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1982)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the detailed information contained in the Government's report. The Government refers to the results achieved through the structural adjustment measures which have been applied since 1989 and have made it possible to re-establish a macroeconomic balance and attain sustained growth of production. The Government states in its report that a high proportion of workers in the informal sector of the economy do not enjoy the desirable working conditions of stability and an adequate income, that the unemployment rate remains at a high level, and that there is pressure for greater flexibility and deregulation of the labour market. The Committee notes that the Organic Labour Act of 1990 states that everybody has the right to work (section 24) and that the State shall make every effort to create and encourage conditions favourable to raising the level of employment to the greatest possible extent (section 25). As it has been doing for several years, the Committee proposes to continue the dialogue by directly requesting the Government to supply information on various aspects of the impact on employment of the measures adopted under structural adjustment programmes, the revision of these measures within the context of a coordinated social and economic policy, and the consultations which have been held with representatives of the persons affected concerning the employment policy (Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention).