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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Aruba

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment services to employment promotion. In response to the Committee’s previous comments, initially made in 2015, the Government provides information on the results of a Labour Force Survey (LFS) which it conducted in 2018, in collaboration with the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Central Bank of Aruba. The Government reports that, according to the LFS, (i) the unemployment rate fell from 8.9 per cent in 2017 to 7.3 per cent in 2018, largely due to the decrease in the number of unemployed persons; (ii) the unemployment rate for men fell from 9.2 per cent in 2017 to 7.4 per cent in 2018, while the women's unemployment rate dropped from 8.6 per cent to 7.2 per cent; and (iii) the youth unemployment rate decreased from 19.4 per cent in 2017 to 16.2 per cent in 2018. The Committee also takes note of the Government’s indication that the data and the trends identified in this study will serve to help policymakers, administrators, researchers and entrepreneurs to further improve and refine their policy regarding the labor market. Nevertheless, noting that the Government does not provide information responding to the Committee’s previous comments, it reiterates its request that the Government provide detailed information, including statistics, on the activities carried out by the employment service and to indicate the manner in which it ensures the best possible organization of the employment market, in accordance with Article 1(2) of the Convention. The Committee also reiterates its request that the Government provide information on the measures taken to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies (Article 11), as well as on the number of public employment offices established, the number of applications for employment received, the number of vacancies notified and the number of persons placed in employment by the offices (part IV of the report form).