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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]
About Us
retrieved on 18 February 2017.
Public employment service by country
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom the first agency began in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 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 dow ...
, 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 Labour Exchanges Act 1909 was an Act of Parliament which saw the state-funded creation of labour exchanges, also known as employment exchanges. The stated purpose was to help the unemployed find employment.
Prior to the creation of these gov ...
. The present public provider of job search help is called
Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus ( cy, Canolfan byd Gwaith; gd, Ionad Obrach is Eile) is a brand used by the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom.
From 2002 to 2011, Jobcentre Plus was an executive agency which reported directly to the Mini ...
.
United States
In the United States, a federal programme of employment services was rolled out in the
New Deal. 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Workforce Investment Act The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA, ) was a United States federal law that was repealed and replaced by the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.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 amo ...
of 2013.
Other countries
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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 AN ...
,
France's Public employment service
*
Hello Work
is the Japanese English name for the Japanese government's Employment Service Center, it is a public institution based on the Employment Service Convention No. 88 (ratified in Japan on 20 October 1953) under Article 23 of the Japanese Ministry o ...
(
Japanese 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 same sign, "$", as many currencies named "dollar" ...
(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 (
Lithuanian 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)
See also
*
Employment agency
An employment agency is an organization which matches employers to employees. In developed countries, there are multiple private businesses which act as employment agencies and a publicly-funded employment agency.
Public employment agencies
One ...
*
UK agency worker law
United Kingdom agency worker law refers to the law which regulates people's work through employment agencies in the United Kingdom. Though statistics are disputed, there are currently between half a million and one and a half million agency wor ...
Notes
References
*DE Balducchi, RW Eberts, CJ O'Leary (eds),
Labour Exchange Policy in the United States' (
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research 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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