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Relevant Standards on Employment

8 September 2018

ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)

ILO Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 (No. 47)

ILO Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1937 (No. 59)

ILO Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87)

ILO Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88)
ILO Employment Service Recommendation, 1948 (No. 83)

ILO Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94)

ILO Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95)

ILO Migration for Employment Convention (revised), 1949 (No. 97)
ILO Migration for Employment Recommendation (revised), 1949 (No. 86)

ILO Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)

ILO Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
ILO Equal Remuneration Recommendation, 1951 (No. 90)

ILO Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103)

ILO Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)

ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Recommendation, 1958 (No. 111)

ILO Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122)
ILO Employment Policy Recommendation, 1964 (No. 122)
ILO Employment Policy (Supplementary Provisions) Recommendation, 1984 (No. 169)

ILO Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131)

ILO Holiday with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970 (No. 132)

ILO Special Youth Schemes Recommendation, 1971 (No. 136)

ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
ILO Minimum Age Recommendation, 1973 (No. 146)

ILO Rural Workers’ Organizations Convention, 1975 (No. 141)

ILO Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 (No. 142)
ILO Human Resources Development Recommendation, 2004 (No. 195)

ILO Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provision) Convention, 1975 (No. 143)
ILO Migrant Worker Recommendation, 1975 (No.151)

ILO Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150)
ILO Labour Administration Recommendation, 1978 (No. 158)

ILO Older Worker Recommendation, 1980 (No. 162)

ILO Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158)
ILO Termination of Employment Recommendation, 1982 (No. 166)

ILO Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159)
ILO Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Recommendation, 1983 (No. 168)

ILO Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167)

ILO Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 (No. 168)
ILO Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Recommendation, 1988 (No. 176)

ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
ILO Indigenous and Tribal Populations Recommendation, 1957 (No. 104)

ILO Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)
ILO Private Employment Agencies Recommendation, 1997 (No. 188)

ILO Job Creation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Recommendation, 1998 (No. 189)

ILO Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193)

ILO Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2006 (No. 198)

ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202)

ILO Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204)

ILO Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205)