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Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Algeria (Ratification: 1962)

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Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Articles 1 and 3–5 of the Convention. Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. Cooperation of the social partners. In response to the Committee’s previous comments, the Government refers in its report to the 11 regional employment directorates and the 266 agencies which make up the National Employment Agency (ANEM). There are on average five agencies for each wilaya (territorial community). With regard to the cooperation of employers and workers in the organization and operation of the employment service, the Government indicates that their representatives are members of the administrative council of the ANEM, and that they accordingly examine and approve the respective plans of action and their assessments. The Committee once again requests the Government to communique up-to-date information in its next report on the applications for employment received, vacancies notified and persons placed in employment by local employment offices at the regional, wilaya and local levels. The Committee also refers to its comments on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and requests the Government to specify, in the context of Convention No. 88, the manner in which the activities of the ANEM have contributed to promoting employment and combating unemployment. The Committee further requests the Government to provide fuller information on the manner in which the representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations are consulted on the implementation of employment service measures.

Youth employment. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken by the ANEM and the other services concerned to combat youth unemployment and find jobs for low-skilled or unskilled young persons.

Article 6(d). Collaboration between the ANEM and the National Unemployment Insurance Fund (CNAC). Please provide information on the means of collaboration established between the ANEM and the CNAC to ensure the effective placement of the unemployed.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Contribution of the employment service to promoting employment. Cooperation of the social partners. The Committee notes the detailed report for the period ending in December 2010, received in February 2011. The Government indicates that the National Employment Agency (ANEM) acquired a new legal status in February 2006 giving it responsibility for a rehabilitation and modernization programme, to be implemented over the period from 2006 to 2009. According to the Government, under the programme, eight regional directorates and 32 agencies in provinces (wilayas) were built and the premises of local agencies were improved. Supervisory and other staff were recruited and 528 supervisors and staff members benefitted from a training programme on employment counselling. The Committee also notes Executive Decree No.10-101 of 29 March 2010 on the creation, organization and operation of the National Employment Promotion Committee. The National Committee consists solely of ministerial representatives and issues opinions on all employment-related issues. The Committee refers to its comments on the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and invites the Government to specify in its next report on Convention No. 88 the manner in which ANEM’s activities have contributed to promoting employment and combating unemployment. The Committee again stresses the importance of including in the next report information on the manner in which the representatives of employers and workers have participated in the effective operation of ANEM (Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention). It also invites the Government to include in its next report up-to-date information on applications for employment received, vacancies notified and persons placed in employment by the regional, wilaya and local offices (Part IV of the report form).

Youth employment. In its observation of 2010 on Convention No. 122, the Committee took note of a vocational integration assistance mechanism for young people (DAIP). In its report on Convention No. 88, the Government indicates that apart from the DAIP, the employment services provide personalized assistance in the form of guidance to young people as to choice of training. The Committee invites the Government in its next report to provide more specific information on the measures taken by ANEM and the other services concerned in combating youth unemployment and obtaining jobs for low-skilled or unskilled young people.

Article 6(d) of the Convention. Collaboration between ANEM and the National Unemployment Insurance Fund. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that ANEM cooperates with the National Unemployment Insurance Fund (CNAC) in the delivery of unemployment attestations and the granting of unemployment allowance for workers made redundant. The Committee invites the Government to provide information on other areas where ANEM and the CNAC cooperate to ensure effective placement of the unemployed.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and it will contain full information on the matters raised in its 2005 observation, which read as follows:

1. Cooperation of workers’ and employers’ representatives. The Committee refers to its observation on the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), and requests the Government to report on measures taken by ANEM and the National Employment and Poverty Reduction Observatory to ensure, in cooperation with the social partners, that the public employment service is run efficiently and free of charge, and that it comprises a network of offices sufficient in number to meet the specific needs of jobseekers and employers countrywide (Articles 1 to 7 of the Convention). Please also provide statistical information on the number of existing public employment offices, job applications received, job offers notified and persons placed in employment by these offices.

2. Cooperation in the administration of unemployment insurance. The Committee noted that ANEM cooperates with the National Unemployment Insurance Fund (CNDA) in the issuance of unemployment attestations and the grant of unemployment allowance for workers who have been made redundant (Article 6(d)). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to send information on the cooperation between ANEM and the CNDA to provide relief for the unemployed.

Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

1. Cooperation of workers’ and employers’ representatives. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to take appropriate steps to bring the national regulations into conformity with the Articles of the Convention that aim to secure the cooperation of employers’ and workers’ representatives in the organization and functioning of the employment service and the development of employment service policy. In response to those comments, the Government states that in 1990, the National Employment Agency (ANEM) replaced the National Manpower Office. The National Employment and Poverty Reduction Observatory, created in 2005, comprises representatives of the administration, employers, unions, research and study institutes, and representatives of community-based associations. The Committee notes this information with interest and, referring to its observation on the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), requests the Government to continue to report on measures taken by ANEM and the National Employment and Poverty Reduction Observatory to ensure, in cooperation with the social partners, that the public employment service is run efficiently and free of charge, and that it comprises a network of offices sufficient in number to meet the specific needs of jobseekers and employers countrywide (Articles 1 to 7 of the Convention). Please also provide statistical information on the number of existing public employment offices, job applications received, job offers notified and persons placed in employment by these offices.

2. Cooperation in the administration of unemployment insurance. The Committee notes that ANEM cooperates with the National Unemployment Insurance Fund (CNDA) in the issuance of unemployment attestations and the grant of unemployment allowance for workers who have been made redundant (Article 6(d)). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to send information on the cooperation between ANEM and the CNDA to provide relief for the unemployed.

Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

The Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to previous comments. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

The Committee notes the Government's detailed report containing information on the reorganization of the National Manpower Office (ONAMO). It notes in particular that the ONAMO has been replaced by the National Employment Agency (ANEM) established by Executive Decree No. 90.259 of 8 September 1990. It also notes the statistical information on the number of applications for employment, vacancies notified and persons placed in employment for the period 1990-92 supplied by the Government with the report. Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the ANEM is administered by an administrative board which, under section 14 of the pertinent decree, includes six representatives of occupational organizations of public and private employers, three elected representatives of ANEM workers and one representative of each national association of employment seekers up to a maximum of five. With reference to its previous observations, the Committee wishes to recall that "the representatives of employers and workers" on the advisory committees stipulated in the Articles of the Convention "shall be appointed in equal numbers after consultation with representative organizations of employers and workers". It reiterates its hope that the Government will adopt in the near future the necessary measures to bring the national regulations into conformity with those Articles of the Convention which are designed to ensure that there is cooperation between representatives of employers and workers in the organization and functioning of the employment service and in the formulation of the employment service policy. Article 6(d). The Government states in its report that the employment services are in charge of all the activities laid down in Article 6, with the exception of those listed in 6(d). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would describe in its next report the measures taken to apply this provision of the Convention which lays down that the employment service must "cooperate in the administration of unemployment insurance and assistance and of other measures for the relief of the unemployed". Article 7. In its report, the Government highlights the difficulties encountered in applying the provisions of this Article concerning, particularly, specialization by occupations and by industries within the various employment offices, and difficulties relating to the problem of lack of supervision in the employment services which are being set up in the various regions of the country. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would give detailed information in its next report on the measures taken to apply this Article and specify the particular occupations, industries and categories of applicants for employment for whom special measures have been taken or are envisaged.

Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

The Committee notes the Government's detailed report containing information on the reorganization of the National Manpower Office (ONAMO). It notes in particular that the ONAMO has been replaced by the National Employment Agency (ANEM) established by Executive Decree No. 90.259 of 8 September 1990. It also notes the statistical information on the number of applications for employment, vacancies notified and persons placed in employment for the period 1990-92 supplied by the Government with the report.

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the ANEM is administered by an administrative board which, under section 14 of the pertinent decree, includes six representatives of occupational organizations of public and private employers, three elected representatives of ANEM workers and one representative of each national association of employment seekers up to a maximum of five. With reference to its previous observations, the Committee wishes to recall that "the representatives of employers and workers" on the advisory committees stipulated in these Articles of the Convention "shall be appointed in equal numbers after consultation with representative organizations of employers and workers". It reiterates its hope that the Government will adopt in the near future the necessary measures to bring the national regulations into conformity with those Articles of the Convention which are designed to ensure that there is cooperation between representatives of employers and workers in the organization and functioning of the employment service and in the formulation of the employment service policy.

Article 6(d). The Government states in its report that the employment services are in charge of all the activities laid down in Article 6 of the Convention, with the exception of those listed in 6(d). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would describe in its next report the measures taken to apply this provision of the Convention which lays down that the employment service must "cooperate in the administration of unemployment insurance and assistance and of other measures for the relief of the unemployed".

Article 7. In its report, the Government highlights the difficulties encountered in applying the provisions of this Article concerning, particularly, specialization by occupations and by industries within the various employment offices, and difficulties relating to the problem of lack of supervision in the employment services which are being set up in the various regions of the country. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would give detailed information in its next report on the measures taken to apply this Article and specify the particular occupations, industries and categories of applicants for employment for whom special measures have been taken or are envisaged.

Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. While having noted in its observation made under Convention No. 122 the information supplied on the reorganization of the employment services, the Committee must repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

The Committee takes note of the Government's detailed report covering the period June 1988 to June 1989. The Government indicates that measures are being taken to set up efficient machinery to monitor and manage the labour market, in particular by reorganising the existing employment services and adapting their functions to present employment requirements. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply information on the reorganisation of the employment services, along with all other available information, as required by the report form, particularly under Parts IV and VI. Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the question of equal representation of employers and workers on the Executive Council of the ONAMO is taken into account in the context of the draft text currently being prepared concerning the reorganisation of the above institution. It also notes that the Government intends to provide the Office with a copy of this text as soon as it is enacted. With reference to its previous comments, it trusts that the measures envisaged will be adopted in the near future and that they will enable national regulations to be brought into line with the provisions of these Articles of the Convention. The Committee also hopes that the Government will be able to provide detailed information on the manner in which representatives of the employers and workers are consulted concerning the organisation, operation and policy of the ONAMO. Other questions relating to the consultation of the social partners are raised in direct requests concerning the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) and the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142).

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The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.
Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)
The Committee takes note of the Government's detailed report covering the period June 1988 to June 1989. The Government indicates that measures are currently being taken to set up efficient machinery to monitor and manage the labour market, in particular by reorganising the existing employment services and adapting their functions to present employment requirements. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to supply information on the reorganisation of the employment services, along with all other available information, as required by the report form, particularly under Parts IV and VI.

Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the question of equal representation of employers and workers on the Executive Council of the ONAMO is taken into account in the context of the draft text currently being prepared concerning the reorganisation of the above institution. It also notes that the Government intends to provide the Office with a copy of this text as soon as it is enacted. With reference to its previous comments, it trusts that the measures envisaged will be adopted in the near future and that they will enable national regulations to be brought into line with the provisions of these Articles of the Convention. The Committee also hopes that the Government will be able to provide detailed information on the manner in which representatives of the employers and workers are consulted concerning the organisation, operation and policy of the ONAMO. Other questions relating to the consultation of the social partners are raised in direct requests concerning the application of the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) and the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142).