Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Denmark (Ratification: 1972)

Articles 1, 3 and 6 of the Convention. Activities of the employment service and contribution to employment promotion. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that simplifications of the Active Employment Measures Act (an Agreement on a simpler employment system) were adopted and entered into force on 1 January 2020. The new legislation has removed a number of specific rules and procedural requirements governing the work of municipalities in relation to unemployed workers. Moreover, a number of specific rules and procedural requirements for the municipalities’ work relating to unemployed workers have been removed. This has given municipalities greater autonomy in the planning of unemployment initiatives and adapting them to the needs of unemployed individuals. At the same time, there is an increased focus on municipalities’ results in offering unemployed persons better tailored employment opportunities. These results will be monitored through benchmarking and closer monitoring of municipalities with insufficient results in relation to ensuring the proper reintegration of unemployed persons into the labour market. The Committee requests the Government to provide updated, detailed information, including statistics disaggregated by age and sex, on the scope, nature and impact of activities carried out under the Active Employment Measures Act, particularly on the contribution of the Act to full, productive and freely chosen employment in the country.

Article 7. Particular categories of applicants for employment.The Committee requests the Government to provide information, including up-to-date statistics, disaggregated by sex and age, on the impact of measures taken to meet the employment needs of particular categories of jobseekers, particularly young persons, migrants, persons with disabilities and other groups in vulnerable situations.