Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96) - Eswatini (Ratification: 1981)

Part II of the Convention. Abolition of fee-charging employment agencies. Revision of Convention No. 96. The Government reiterates in its report that there has been no change in legislation or in practice. In reply to previous comments, the Government indicates that the possibility to denounce the Convention and consider the ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), will be taken into consideration once the tripartite structures are back into normal operation. The Committee recalls that the Governing Body, at its 273rd Session in November 1998, invited the State parties to Convention No. 96 to contemplate ratifying, as appropriate, Convention No. 181 (document GB.273/LILS/4(Rev.1)). Such ratification would entail the immediate denunciation of Convention No. 96. Consequently, as long as Convention No. 181 has not been ratified by Swaziland, Convention No. 96 remains in force in the country and the Committee will continue to examine its application. The Committee therefore requests the Government to provide updated information on the national legislation giving effect to Part II of the Convention, as well as on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, for instance, extracts from official reports, information regarding the number and nature of the contraventions reported and any other particulars bearing on the practical application of the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on any developments, in consultation with the social partners, concerning the possible ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181).