CMNT_TITLE

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending June 1992 and the enclosed documentation, and expresses its appreciation of their content and detail. It notes that employment dropped slightly in the first quarter of 1992 as compared to the previous period and that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, which stood at 1.4 per cent in the first quarter of 1990, reached 2.4 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 (a 0.6 percentage increase as compared to the first quarter of 1991). Although unemployment increased during the period, the Government considers that the objectives of its policy to promote full, productive and freely chosen employment have for the most part been attained, and by and large this seems to be the case.

Referring to the Committee's previous direct request, the Government indicates that in order to prevent sectoral imbalances between labour supply and demand, in June 1992 it introduced a Bill to establish an Employees' Retraining Board to identify particular occupations that have high vacancy rates and to ensure, in cooperation with training bodies, that workers can train for or adapt to such occupations. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide a copy of the Bill as soon as it has been enacted, together with information on the activities of the Employees' Retraining Board. It would also be grateful if in its future reports the Government would provide information on worker migration and how it is managed within the framework of the employment policy.