A public employment service is a government's organization which matches employers to employees.

History

One of the oldest references to a public employment agency was in 1650, when Henry Robinson proposed an "Office of Addresses and Encounters" that would link employers to workers. The British Parliament rejected the proposal, but he himself opened such a business, although it was short-lived. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, every developed country has created a public employment agency as a way to combat unemployment and help people find work. In 1988, public employment services from six countries founded the World Association of Public Employment Services. As of 2016, 85 PES from all over the world have joined the association.World Association of Public Employment Service
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Public employment service by country

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom the first agency began in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, through the Labour Bureau (London) Act 1902, and subsequently went nationwide, a movement prompted by the Liberal government through the Labour Exchanges Act 1909. The present public provider of job search help is called Jobcentre Plus.

United States

In the United States, a federal programme of employment services was rolled out in the

New Deal The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ...

. The initial legislation was called the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933. More recently, job services happen through one-stop centers established by the

Workforce Investment Act The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA, ) was a United States federal law that was repealed and replaced by the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Purpose The Workforce Investment Act is a federal act that "provides workforce investm ...

of 1998, reformed by the

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a United States public law that replaced the previous Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) as the primary federal workforce development legislation to bring about increased coordination amon ...

of 2013.

Other countries

Pôle emploi Pôle emploi (; English: ''employment centre'') is a French governmental agency which registers unemployed people, helps them find jobs and provides them with financial aid. The agency was created in 2008, resulting from the merger between the ANP ...

, France's Public employment service * Hello Work (

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

ese government's Employment Service Center) *

PESO The peso is the monetary unit of several countries in the Americas, and the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire, the word translates to "weight". In most countries the peso uses the Dollar sign, same sign, "$", as many currencies na ...

(Public Employment Service agency of the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

) * Lithuanian Labour Exchange (

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n Public Employment Service) *AMS, Austria
Arbeitsmarktservice
*

Bundesagentur für Arbeit The Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency, BA) is a German federal agency in the area of responsibility of the Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs and has its headquarters in Nuremberg. Its current director is Andrea Na ...

, (Federal employment agency of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

) *PSZ, Poland
Publiczne Służby Zatrudnienia
*Hellenic Manpower Employment Organization, Greece
Οργανισμός Απασχολήσεως Εργατικού Δυναμικού (ΟΑΕΔ)

Notes

References

*DE Balducchi, RW Eberts, CJ O'Leary (eds),
Labour Exchange Policy in the United States
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W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research The W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research is an American research organization based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Its purpose is to find and promote solutions to employment-related problems. Background The W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employm ...

2004) *P Craig, M Freedland, C Jacqueson and N Kountouris, ''Public Employment Services and European Law'' (2007) *International Labour Office, ''The role of private employment agencies in the functioning of labour markets'' (Report VI 1994) International Labour Conference 81st Session *R Kellogg, ''The United States Employment Service'' (University of Chicago Press 1933) *T Martinez, ''The Human Marketplace: An Examination of Private Employment Agencies'' (Transaction 1976) *JB Seymour, ''The British Employment Exchange'' (PS King & Son 1928)

External links

Official Website of the World Association of Public Employment Services
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