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10. The mail-power budget should be drawn up by the employment service in co-operation with other public authorities where appropriate. 11. The man-power budget should include detailed material concerning the anticipated volume and distribution of the labour supply and demand. IV. Referral of Workers 12. The employment service should—(a) Observe strict neutrality in the case of employment available in an establishment where there is a labour dispute affecting such employment; (b) Not refer workers to employment in respect of which the wages or conditions of work fall below the standard defined by law or regulation, collective agreement or prevailing practice ; (c) Not, in referring workers to employment, itself discriminate against applicants on grounds of race, colour, sex or belief. 13. The employment service should be responsible for providing applicants for employment with all relevant information about the jobs to which such applicants are referred, including information on the matters dealt with in the preceding paragraph. Y. Mobility of Labour 14. For the purpose of facilitating the mobility of labour necessary to achieve and maintain maximum production and employment, the employment service should take the measures indicated in paragraphs 15 to 20 below. 15. The fullest and most reliable information concerning employment opportunities and working conditions in other occupations and areas and concerning living-conditions (including the availability of suitable housing accommodation) in such areas should be collected and disseminated. 16. Workers should be furnished with appropriate information and advice designed to eliminate objections to changing their occupation or residence. 17. (1) The employment service should remove economic obstacles to geographical transfers which it considers necessary by such means as financial assistance. (2) Such assistance should be granted, in cases authorized by the service, in respect of transfers made through or approved by the service, particularly where no other arrangements exist for the payment other than by the worker of the extra expense involved in the transfers. (3) The amount of the assistance should be determined according to national and individual circumstances. 18. The employment service should assist the unemployment insurance and assistance authorities in defining and interpreting the conditions in which available employment which is in an occupation other than the usual occupation of an unemployed person or which requires him to change his residence should be regarded as suitable for him. 19. The employment service should assist the competent authorities in establishing and developing the programmes of training or retraining courses (including apprenticeship, supplementary training and upgrading courses), selecting persons for such courses and placing in employment persons who have completed them.

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