Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Republic of Moldova (Ratification: 1996)

Articles 1, 3 and 6 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. Activities of the employment service. The Committee previously requested information on the impact of the measures taken by the National Employment Agency (NEA) to promote employment within the framework of its active employment policy, as well as disaggregated data on the users of NEA services, including the number of those who obtain employment through NEA services. The Government reports that, pursuant to Government Decision No. 990 of 10 October 2018, the NEA consists of a central office and 35 territorial employment subdivisions (TES), which operate according to regulations approved by the director of the NEA. The Committee also notes the information provided by the Government on the functions of the NEA and the TES, established by the Act on the Promotion of Employment and Unemployment Insurance (Act No. 105/2018). In addition, the Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government under the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) regarding the various activities undertaken by the NEA in 2018 and 2019. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide detailed updated information, including statistical data disaggregated by age, sex and region, on the impact of the NEA’s activities, particularly on the number of workers placed in employment. The Committee also requests the Government to provide updated information on the nature and impact of measures taken by the NEA to facilitate temporary transfers of workers from one area to another as a means of meeting temporary local needs in the supply of or the demand for workers (Article 6(b)(iii) of the Convention).

Article 7. Specialized services for youth and persons with disabilities. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide information on the impact of activities implemented by the NEA to promote lasting employment opportunities for young persons and to assist persons with disabilities to find suitable employment on the open labour market. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in this respect in its report on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), which includes information on the activities of the NEA conducted in 2018 to promote the employment of persons with disabilities and young persons. The Committee invites the Government to continue to provide information on the manner in which the NEA designs and delivers its services to meet adequately the needs of young jobseekers, persons with disabilities and other specific groups of jobseekers.