Organization of the Central Administration

• Executive Decree No. 08-125 of 9 Rabie Ethani 1429 corresponding to April 15, 2008, on the organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security. (Page 9) Implementing Texts (Published in Official Journal No. 22 of 30/04/2008)
• Interministerial Order of 11 Dhou El Kaada 1432 corresponding to October 9, 2011, on the organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security into offices. (Page 26)

The Head of Government,

Upon the report of the Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Security,

Considering the Constitution, notably its Articles 85-4° and 125 (paragraph 2);

Considering Presidential Decree No. 07-172 of 18 Joumada El Oula 1428 corresponding to June 4, 2007, appointing the Head of Government;

Considering Presidential Decree No. 07-173 of 18 Joumada El Oula 1428 corresponding to June 4, 2007, appointing the members of the Government;

Considering Executive Decree No. 90-188 of June 23, 1990, determining the structures and bodies of the central administration of ministries;

Considering Executive Decree No. 03-138 of 21 Moharram 1424 corresponding to March 24, 2003, on the organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security;

Considering Executive Decree No. 05-05 of 25 Dhou El Kaada 1425 corresponding to January 6, 2005, on the organization and functioning of the General Labor Inspectorate;

Considering Executive Decree No. 08-124 of 9 Rabie Ethani 1429 corresponding to April 15, 2008, defining the responsibilities of the Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Security;

Decrees:

Article 1.

Under the authority of the Minister, the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security comprises:

1. The Secretary General, assisted by two (2) Study Directors, and to whom the Mail Office and the Ministerial Office of Internal Establishment Security are attached.
2. The Chief of Staff, assisted by eight (8) Study and Synthesis Officers, responsible for:
   • Preparing and organizing the Minister’s participation in governmental activities;
   • Preparing and organizing the Minister’s relations with information bodies;
   • Preparing and organizing the Minister’s relations with trade unions of workers and employers, professional unions, and national associations;
   • Monitoring and evaluating the relations of the health/social security sectors;
   • Economic studies and financial analyses of the sector;
   • Preparing and organizing the Minister’s activities in the field of international relations;
   • Social communication and relations with citizens;
   • Monitoring the sector’s activity program.

   And four (4) Cabinet Attachés.

3. The General Inspectorate, whose organization and functioning are defined by executive decree.
4. The General Labor Inspectorate, whose organization and functioning are defined by executive decree.
5. The following structures:
   • General Directorate of Employment and Integration;
   • General Directorate of Social Security;
   • Directorate of Labor Relations;
   • Directorate of Studies and Information Systems;
   • Directorate of Legal Studies and Cooperation;
   • Directorate for the Modernization of Labor Administration, Employment, and the Social Security System;
   • Directorate of Resource Administration.

Art. 2.

The General Directorate of Employment and Integration is responsible for:

• Proposing elements within the framework of the national employment policy;
• Undertaking all prospective studies in the field of employment;
• Ensuring the coordination and management of all employment agencies;
• Studying, in consultation with the concerned sectors and local authorities, specific employment programs and monitoring their implementation;
• Proposing and implementing, with the sectors and social partners, all measures likely to safeguard and promote employment;
• Initiating and establishing instruments for the quantitative and qualitative analysis and evaluation of employment promotion programs;
• Establishing the necessary organization, as well as mechanisms to regulate the labor market;
• Contributing to the development of legislation and regulations relating to the use of foreign labor;
• Collecting necessary data and proposing elements of the policy relating to national labor abroad in accordance with current legislation;
• Contributing to the development of qualifications in relation to the concerned sectors within the framework of training-employment adequacy;
• Initiating and establishing the required instruments for the development of partnership and cooperation in the field of employment.

Art. 4.

The Directorate of Labor Relations is responsible for:

• Developing and adapting legal standards for the management and regulation of labor relations;
• Organizing the monitoring of the evolution of the purchasing power of wages for different socio-professional categories;
• Developing legal standards relating to hygiene, safety, and occupational medicine;
• Developing legislation and regulations relating to employment, particularly those concerning foreign labor;
• Ensuring coordination and consultation with trade unions within the framework of social dialogue;
• Organizing and providing information relating to labor legislation;
• Examining requests for authorization to accept donations and bequests from foreign entities, submitted by trade unions.

It comprises four (4) sub-directorates:

• The Sub-Directorate for Monitoring Purchasing Power and Wage Evolution, responsible for:
  • Initiating all surveys relating to wage level trends;
  • Monitoring the evolution of the purchasing power of socio-professional categories;
  • Proposing appropriate corrective measures to preserve purchasing power;
  • Proposing elements for the management of wage policy and monitoring the evolution of negotiation in this area within the economic sector.
• The Sub-Directorate of Labor Legislation, responsible for:
  • Developing and adapting legal standards for managing individual and collective labor relations;
  • Participating in the development of legislation and regulations relating to employment, particularly those concerning foreign labor;
  • Monitoring, in liaison with the labor inspection services, the application of legislative and regulatory provisions in force concerning labor relations, working conditions, collective bargaining, and the exercise of trade union rights;
  • Promoting information relating to labor legislation.
• The Sub-Directorate for the Prevention of Occupational Risks, responsible for:
  • Developing legal standards in the field of hygiene, safety, and occupational medicine and ensuring their implementation;
  • Developing, in consultation with the relevant social partners, standards relating to the prevention of occupational risks;
  • Conducting, in consultation with the labor inspection services, surveys on the state of application of legislative and regulatory provisions regarding the prevention of occupational risks;
  • Ensuring the coordination of actions in the field of occupational risk prevention.
• The Sub-Directorate for Social Dialogue, responsible for:
  • Ensuring coordination and consultation with social partners within the framework of social dialogue and evaluating its results;
  • Proposing mechanisms and instruments for the development of consultation;
  • Ensuring the implementation of the legal procedure for the registration of trade unions of salaried workers and employers;
  • Monitoring legally constituted trade unions, particularly regarding their statutory situation, and ensuring compliance with the conditions and criteria for their representativeness.

Art. 5.

The Directorate of Studies and Information Systems is responsible for:

• Driving and coordinating the sector’s study, planning, and statistical activities;
• Establishing a database and a sectoral documentary fund and ensuring the conservation of archives;
• Managing the local and sectoral computer networks;
• Developing the sectoral investment program;
• Representing the sector within the procedures for adopting the sectoral investment plan.

It comprises three (3) sub-directorates:

• The Sub-Directorate of Studies, Statistics, and Programs, responsible for:
  • Developing, in relation with the central structures, the sector’s annual study program and monitoring its implementation;
  • Developing, in relation with the central structures, the annual and multi-annual equipment programs under centralized management and ensuring the monitoring of their implementation;
  • Ensuring the proper execution of the equipment budget;
  • Developing and ensuring the implementation of the sector’s statistical system;
  • Collecting and processing all statistical information relating to the sector’s field of competence and ensuring its dissemination.
• The Sub-Directorate of IT, responsible for:
  • Participating in the preparation of annual and multi-annual projects for the development of IT tools in the sector;
  • Developing computer applications adapted to the needs of the central administration;
  • Ensuring the maintenance and upkeep of the central administration’s computer fleet;
  • Managing and operating the local and intranet computer networks.
• The Sub-Directorate of Documentation and Archives, responsible for:
  • Identifying needs and acquiring technical documentation, and managing the Ministry’s documentary fund;
  • Developing the program for processing, sorting, and transferring archives within the framework of current legislation and regulations;
  • Assisting decentralized structures and supervised bodies in document and archive management;
  • Developing and disseminating the official bulletin of the labor, employment, and social security sector.

Art. 6.

The Directorate of Legal Studies and Cooperation is responsible for:

• Contributing to the development of legislative and regulatory texts for the sector and monitoring their adoption procedures, and proposing any measures aimed at improving the regulatory framework governing the sector;
• Coordinating and examining the conformity and consistency of draft texts prepared by the structures and bodies of the sector;
• Studying, within the framework of interministerial coordination, draft texts initiated by other sectors;
• Processing and monitoring litigation cases in which the central administration is a party;
• Assisting supervised structures and bodies in monitoring and managing litigation cases;
• Promoting and monitoring bilateral and multilateral cooperation;
• Preparing and coordinating the sector’s participation in meetings of specialized international and regional organizations;
• Developing, in liaison with the concerned structures, reports on the state of application of international labor standards by Algeria.

It comprises two (2) sub-directorates:

• The Sub-Directorate of Legal Studies and Litigation, responsible for:
  • Centralizing and ensuring the conformity and consistency of draft texts prepared by the sector and monitoring their adoption procedures;
  • Studying and monitoring, within the framework of interministerial consultation, draft texts emanating from various ministries;
  • Studying and preparing the necessary elements for the codification of texts concerning the sector;
  • Initiating all studies and synthesis work relating to the application of legislation and regulations governing the sector’s activities and proposing measures for their improvement;
  • Handling litigation cases involving the central administration;
  • Assisting supervised structures and bodies in monitoring and managing litigation cases.
• The Sub-Directorate of Cooperation, responsible for:
  • Promoting bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the sector’s areas of competence;
  • Preparing and coordinating the sector’s participation in meetings of specialized international and regional organizations;
  • Developing, in liaison with the concerned structures, reports on the state of application of international labor standards by Algeria;
  • Preparing technical files within the framework of joint cooperation commissions;
  • Participating, within established procedures, in the development of international agreements and conventions and monitoring their implementation.

Art. 7.

The Directorate for the Modernization of Labor Administration, Employment, and the Social Security System is responsible for:

• Driving and coordinating modernization actions in the labor, employment, and social security sector;
• Undertaking actions and gathering the necessary means to promote the modernization of the organization and functioning of the labor, employment, and social security sector and monitoring their implementation;
• Participating in the development of training and skills development programs for personnel in the labor, employment, and social security sector;
• Promoting the use of information and communication technologies within the sector;
• Providing technical support for the modernization of bodies in the labor, employment, and social security sector.

It comprises two (2) sub-directorates:

• The Sub-Directorate for the Modernization of Labor and Employment Administration, responsible for:
  • Promoting the modernization of labor and employment administration, notably the harmonization of information exchange networks;
  • Developing, in relation with the structures and bodies responsible for labor and employment, the master plan for information systems, and monitoring its implementation;
  • Proposing any action within the framework of standardization and alignment with international standards for the organization of employment benefit management;
  • Proposing all measures aimed at modernizing the decentralized labor and employment services and supervised bodies;
  • Proposing all measures aimed at improving procedures and organizational methods in the sector.
• The Sub-Directorate for the Modernization of the National Social Security System, responsible for:
  • Proposing all studies, measures, and actions aimed at modernizing the social security system to improve its functioning and monitoring their application;
  • Developing, in relation with social security bodies, the master plan for social security information systems;
  • Monitoring the establishment, development, and evaluation of the social security electronic card system.

Art. 8.

The Directorate of Resource Administration is responsible for:

• Determining the human, financial, and material resources necessary for the functioning of the central administration and decentralized services;
• Providing the central administration with all the human, financial, and material resources necessary for its functioning;
• Maintaining a file of executives belonging to the central administration, decentralized services, and supervised bodies;
• Ensuring training, skills development, and refresher courses for sector personnel.

It comprises three (3) sub-directorates:

• The Sub-Directorate of Human Resources, responsible for:
  • Developing forecasts to determine quantitative and qualitative human resource needs;
  • Ensuring the recruitment and career management of personnel necessary for the functioning of the central administration services;
  • Identifying the sector’s training needs;
  • Organizing and monitoring training, skills development, and refresher courses for sector personnel;
  • Developing and updating the file of the sector’s training institutions.
• The Sub-Directorate of Budget and Accounting, responsible for:
  • Evaluating the annual financial needs of the central administration and decentralized services;
  • Allocating operating credits intended for the central and decentralized services of the sector;
  • Ensuring the execution of the sector’s operating and equipment budget;
  • Ensuring control and monitoring the proper use of allocated credits;
  • Ensuring the proper functioning of the Ministry’s public procurement commission and providing its secretariat.
• The Sub-Directorate of General Resources, responsible for:
  • Evaluating and ensuring the supply of material resources necessary for the functioning of the central administration;
  • Managing, inventorying, and maintaining the movable and immovable property of the central administration;
  • Ensuring the implementation of procedures and means for safeguarding and maintaining the sector’s heritage;
  • Creating the necessary conditions for the smooth running of professional travel and ensuring the material organization of conferences and seminars.

Art. 9.

The organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security into offices is established by a joint order of the Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Security, the Minister of Finance, and the authority responsible for the public service, limited to two (2) to four (4) offices per sub-directorate.

Implementing Texts
Interministerial Order of 11 Dhou El Kaada 1432 corresponding to October 9, 2011, on the organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security into offices. (page 26)

Art. 10.

The structures of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security exercise, over the sector’s bodies, each in its respective area, the prerogatives of supervision and the missions entrusted to them within the framework of current legislative and regulatory provisions.

Art. 11.

The provisions of Executive Decree No. 03-138 of 21 Moharram 1424 corresponding to March 24, 2003, mentioned above, are repealed.

Art. 12.

This decree will be published in the Official Journal of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Done in Algiers, on 9 Rabie Ethani 1429 corresponding to April 15, 2008.
Abdelaziz BELKHADEM.

Interministerial Order of 11 Dhou El Kaada 1432 corresponding to October 9, 2011, on the organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security into offices. (page 26) (Published in JO No. 24 of 05/05/2013, Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security)

The Secretary General of the Government,

The Minister of Finance,

The Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Security,

Considering Presidential Decree No. 10-149 of 14 Joumada Ethania 1431 corresponding to May 28, 2010, appointing the members of the Government;

Considering Executive Decree No. 95-54 of 15 Ramadhan 1415 corresponding to February 15, 1995, defining the responsibilities of the Minister of Finance;

Considering Executive Decree No. 03-190 of 26 Safar 1424 corresponding to April 28, 2003, defining the responsibilities of the Director General of the Public Service;

Considering Executive Decree No. 08-124 of 9 Rabie Ethani 1429 corresponding to April 15, 2008, defining the responsibilities of the Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Security;

Considering Executive Decree No. 08-125 of 9 Rabie Ethani 1429 corresponding to April 15, 2008, on the organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security, notably its Article 9;

Considering Presidential Decree of 7 Rabie Ethani 1423 corresponding to June 18, 2002, appointing the Secretary General of the Government;

Considering the Interministerial Order of 8 Rabie El Aouel 1425 corresponding to April 28, 2004, establishing the organization into offices of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security;

Order:

Article 1.

The purpose of this order is to establish the organization of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security into offices, in application of the provisions of Article 9 of Executive Decree No. 08-125 of 9 Rabie Ethani 1429 corresponding to April 15, 2008, mentioned above.

Art. 2.

The General Directorate of Employment and Integration, organized into two (2) directorates, comprises:

• The Directorate of Employment Regulation, which includes two (2) sub-directorates:
  • The Sub-Directorate of Labor Market Studies and Regulation, composed of two (2) offices:
    • The Office of Employment Data Studies, Analysis, and Synthesis;
    • The Office for the Development of Labor Market Regulation Instruments.
  • The Sub-Directorate of Qualifications and Migratory Movements, composed of three (3) offices:
    • The Office for Monitoring the Evolution of Trades and the Development of Qualifications;
    • The Office for Monitoring National Manpower Abroad;
    • The Office for Monitoring Foreign Manpower.
• The Directorate of Employment Promotion and Integration, which includes two (2) sub-directorates:
  • The Sub-Directorate of Employment Promotion and Integration Programs, composed of two (2) offices:
    • The Office for Monitoring and Evaluating Specific Employment Promotion Programs;
    • The Office for Monitoring and Evaluating Vocational Integration Schemes.
  • The Sub-Directorate of Coordination and Partnership, composed of two (2) offices:
    • The Office for Monitoring and Evaluating Intersectoral Coordination Actions in Employment;
    • The Office for Monitoring and Evaluating Partnership and Cooperation Programs in Employment.

Art. 3.

The General Directorate of Social Security, organized into two (2) directorates, comprises:

• The Directorate of Social Security and Social Mutual Insurance Legislation and Regulation, which includes three (3) sub-directorates:
  • The Sub-Directorate of Social Security Legislation and Regulation, composed of three (3) offices:
    • The Office for Drafting Legislative and Regulatory Texts in Social Security;
    • The Office for Monitoring and Controlling the Application of Legislative and Regulatory Provisions in Social Security;
    • The Office for Monitoring and Evaluating Social Security Litigation.
  • The Sub-Directorate of International Social Security Conventions, composed of two (2) offices:
    • The Office for the Study and Drafting of International Social Security Conventions;
    • The Office for Monitoring the Application of International Social Security Conventions.
  • The Sub-Directorate of Social Mutual Insurance and Complementary Forms of Provident, composed of two (2) offices:
    • The Office for Drafting Legislative and Regulatory Texts in Social Mutual Insurance and Complementary Forms of Provident;
    • The Office for Monitoring Social Mutuals and the Work of the National Consultative Council for Social Mutual Insurance.
• The Directorate of Social Security Organizations, which includes three (3) sub-directorates:
  • The Sub-Directorate of Evaluation and Foresight, composed of two (2) offices:
    • The Office for Evaluating the Management of Social Security Organizations;
    • The Office for Social Security Information Systems and Prospective Studies.
  • The Sub-Directorate of Accounts and Finance, composed of three (3) offices:
    • The Office for Budgets and Accounting and Financial Statements of Social Security Organizations;
    • The Office for Account and Financial Analysis;
    • The Office for Monitoring the Collection of Social Security Contributions.
  • The Sub-Directorate of Benefits, composed of three (3) offices:
    • The Office for Evaluating Social Security Health Expenditure and Improving the Quality of Benefits;
    • The Office for Monitoring the Application of Medical Control Procedures;
    • The Office for Contracting with Public Health Establishments and Accrediting Healthcare Providers.

Art. 4.

The Directorate of Labor Relations, organized into four (4) sub-directorates, comprises:

• The Sub-Directorate for Monitoring Purchasing Power and Wage Evolution, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for Monitoring Purchasing Power Evolution;
  • The Office for Monitoring Wage Level Evolution.
• The Sub-Directorate of Labor Legislation, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for Legal Standards of Labor Relations;
  • The Office for Monitoring the Application of Labor Legislation and Regulations.
• The Sub-Directorate for the Prevention of Occupational Risks, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for Working Conditions;
  • The Office for Occupational Risk Prevention Programs.
• The Sub-Directorate for Social Dialogue, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for Social Consultation;
  • The Office for Monitoring the Activities of Trade Unions.

Art. 5.

The Directorate of Studies and Information Systems, organized into three (3) sub-directorates, comprises:

• The Sub-Directorate of Studies, Statistics, and Programs, composed of three (3) offices:
  • The Office for Monitoring Studies;
  • The Office for Statistics;
  • The Office for Equipment Programs.
• The Sub-Directorate of IT, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for the Development of Computer Applications;
  • The Office for the Management and Operation of Computer Networks and their Maintenance.
• The Sub-Directorate of Documentation and Archives, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for Documentation;
  • The Office for Archives.

Art. 6.

The Directorate of Legal Studies and Cooperation, organized into two (2) sub-directorates, comprises:

• The Sub-Directorate of Legal Studies and Litigation, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for Legal Studies;
  • The Office for Litigation.
• The Sub-Directorate of Cooperation, composed of three (3) offices:
  • The Office for Monitoring the Application of International Labor Standards;
  • The Office for Multilateral Cooperation;
  • The Office for Bilateral Cooperation.

Art. 7.

The Directorate for the Modernization of Labor Administration, Employment, and the Social Security System, organized into two (2) sub-directorates, comprises:

• The Sub-Directorate for the Modernization of Labor and Employment Administration, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for Promoting the Modernization of Labor and Employment Administration;
  • The Office for Monitoring the Implementation of the Information Systems Master Plan.
• The Sub-Directorate for the Modernization of the National Social Security System, composed of two (2) offices:
  • The Office for Promoting the Modernization of the Social Security System;
  • The Office for Monitoring the Implementation of the Social Security Information Systems Master Plan.

Art. 8.

The Directorate of Resource Administration, organized into three (3) sub-directorates, comprises:

• The Sub-Directorate of Human Resources, composed of three (3) offices:
  • The Office for Personnel Management;
  • The Office for Sector Executive Management;
  • The Office for Training, Skills Development, and Refresher Courses.
• The Sub-Directorate of Budget and Accounting, composed of three (3) offices:
  • The Office for Budget;
  • The Office for Accounting;
  • The Office for Public Procurement.
• The Sub-Directorate of General Resources, composed of three (3) offices:
  • The Office for Supplies and Maintenance;
  • The Office for Equipment and Vehicle Fleet Management;
  • The Office for Preparing Professional Travel and Organizing Conferences and Seminars.

Art. 9.

The provisions of the Interministerial Order of 8 Rabie El Aouel 1425 corresponding to April 28, 2004, establishing the organization into offices of the central administration of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, are repealed.

Art. 10.

This order will be published in the Official Journal of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Done in Algiers, on 11 Dhou El Kaada 1432 corresponding to October 9, 2011.

For the Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Security
The Secretary General
Mohamed KHIAT

For the Minister of Finance
The Secretary General
Miloud BOUTEBBA

For the Secretary General of the Government and by delegation
The Director General of the Public Service
Belkacem BOUCHEMAL