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

Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) - Greece (Ratification: 1955)

Contribution of the employment service to employment promotion. The Committee notes the report provided by the Government in December 2010 for the period ending in May 2010. The Government refers to the provisions introduced in May 2010 promoting the operation of temporary employment agencies. It also indicates that it has implemented a merger of services in 2008 between local services of the Employment and Labour Organization (OAED) and Employment Promotion Centres (KPA) in districts and cities where both operated. This consolidated employment service unit (KPA2) operates under the auspices of the OAED. The Government further indicates that the OAED seeks maximum cooperation with the social partners, local government bodies and vocational training organizations in order to improve the effectiveness of employment measures taken. The Committee noted in its comments on the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122), a serious deterioration in the employment situation. It stresses the need to ensure the essential function of a public employment service to achieve the best possible organization of the employment market, adapting its operation to meet the new needs of the economy and the active population (Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention). The Committee requests the Government to provide available data on the number of public employment offices established by the OAED, 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).

Article 11. Cooperation with private employment agencies. The Government referred in its report to the legislative amendments introduced in May 2010 promoting the operation of temporary employment agencies. The Committee invites the Government to supply information on the arrangements made to secure effective cooperation between the public employment service and private employment agencies including data enabling a quantitative and qualitative examination of the placement provided by the private employment agencies.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2013.]