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

Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1960)

Part II of the Convention. Progressive abolition of fee-charging employment agencies. In reply to its 2012 direct request, the Government indicates in the report received in August 2014 that, in the current context, private employment agencies operate in the labour market in what constitutes an irregular situation in relation to the provisions of Convention No. 96. The Government recalls that the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), was submitted for examination by the legislative authorities through a Bill, which was shelved. The Committee notes the Government’s view that the subject needs to be reviewed once again by the competent authorities to clarify the regulatory framework for employment placement. The Government adds that, in the context of the process of reforming the Organic Act of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, it was agreed that the ILO would provide support for the revision of the regulations on private employment agencies and subcontracting. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on the measures adopted to bring national law and practice into conformity with Convention No. 181, the ratification of which would involve the immediate denunciation of Convention No. 96. Please provide general information on the manner in which Convention No. 96 is applied, including summaries of inspection reports, information on the number and nature of the contraventions reported, and any other particulars bearing on the practical application of the Convention (such as the scope of the activities of private employment agencies and the measures adopted by the competent authorities to monitor the activities of such agencies).