Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1964)

With reference to its earlier coments and to the report of the ILO Committee set up to examine the representation made in July 1991 by the International Organization of Employers (IOE) and the Venezuelan Federation of Chambers and Associations of Commerce and Production (FEDECAMARAS) under article 24 of the ILO Constitution, this Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report on the application of the Convention.

Articles 4, 5 and 10 of the Convention. 1. The Government indicates in its report that measures to apply the provisions of section 597 of the Organic Labour Act have not yet been implemented because of the forthcoming reorganization of the Ministry of Labour. This Committee recalls that in the recommendations of the above-mentioned ILO Committee, the Government was asked to provide additional information on the measures for the application of the above-mentioned provisions of the Organic Labour Act (section 597) concerning the establishment of advisory committees and cooperation of employers and workers, and, in particular, to indicate the number of advisory committees set up at the national and regional levels, the manner in which they are constituted and what procedure had been adopted for the appointment of employers' and workers' representatives. Further the ILO Committee recommended that the Government should also indicate the arrangements made through the said advisory committees for the cooperation of employers and workers in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the development of employment service policy. This Committee hopes that the Government will communicate this information in its next report under article 22 of the Constitution in order to enable the Committee to pursue its examination of the matter.

2. This Committee recalls that the Government was also invited by the above-mentioned ILO Committee to amend the text of section 604 of the Organic Labour Act in order to avoid any ambiguity in its interpretation and application and to bring it fully into line with Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention which does not distinguish between employers' and workers' organizations regarding their cooperation in the organization and operation of the employment service and in the application of the employment service policy. The above-mentioned ILO Committee also asked the Government to furnish information on the measures taken in collaboration with employers' and workers' organizations to encourage full use of employment service facilities by employers and workers on a voluntary basis, in accordance with Article 10. This Committee observes that the Government's report contains no information on these points. It can but reiterate its hope that the Government will not fail to provide the information requested, including that on measures taken to amend the text of section 604, in its next report.