Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96) - Djibouti (Ratification: 1978)

Part II of the Convention. Progressive abolition of fee-charging employment agencies conducted with a view to profit. The Committee notes that the Government recalls in its report that the public employment service is provided by the National Agency for Employment, Training and Vocational Placement (ANEFIP). However, the Government acknowledges the proliferation of private employment agencies since 2004, following the liberalization of the labour market. The Committee previously noted the observations from the General Union of Djibouti Workers (UGTD) and the Labour Union of Djibouti (UGT), according to which fee-charging employment agencies legalized in Djibouti are acting as filters for recruitment, are charging jobseekers and illegally deducting sums from workers’ wages. The Government points out that, according to the provisions of the Decree that regulates them, private employment agencies do not impose fees on workers. Fees and charges imposed on employers are regulated and limited, in accordance with section 10 of Decree No. 2004 0054/PR/MESN concerning private employment agencies. The Committee invites the Government to indicate the specific measures taken to monitor the activities of agencies covered by the Convention, providing a summary of the reports of the inspection services, information on the number and nature of infringements reported and also any other available information, particularly with regard to the recruitment and placement of workers abroad.

In response to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that it is giving favourable consideration to the possibility of ratifying the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181). The Government also indicates that the National Council for Labour and Social Security (CONTESS) will be consulted on this matter and that the Office will be kept informed of any developments in the situation. The Committee invites the Government to provide details of any tripartite consultations that have been held with a view to the ratification of Convention No. 181.