Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

1. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government's report. The Government states that the preliminary draft of the regulations on the activities of private employment agencies is being prepared with the objective of overcoming the shortcomings of the previous regulations and adopting an instrument that is appropriate to the situation of the opening up and modernization of the Mexican economy. For the preparation of the preliminary draft text, consultations were held and opinions sought from the General Directorate of Legal Affairs, ILO experts and the association of private employment agencies.

2. The Committee also notes the observations made by the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (CONCAMIN) in which it states that profit-making fee-paying employment agencies have been operating in a successful, organized and satisfactory manner and have been providing skilled personnel to various enterprises, particularly with regard to middle management and executive personnel.

3. Article 10, subparagraph (b), of the Convention. The Government intends to indicate in the near future the manner in which it proposes to give effect to this provision, so that private employment agencies conducted with a view to profit are subject to a yearly licence renewable at the discretion of the competent authority. The Committee trusts that the Government's next report will contain this information.

4. Part V of the report form. The Committee trusts that in its next report the Government will be in a position to provide the practical information required by this part of the report form, as well as on the progress made in the drafting of the regulations referred to in point 1 of this direct request.