ILO Conventions and Recommendations (by subject)
Freedom of association, collective bargaining, and industrial relations
Freedom of association
Freedom of association (agriculture, non-metropolitan territories)
Industrial relations
Elimination of child labour and protection of children and young persons
Child labour
- C5 Minimum Age (Industry) Convention, 1919
- C10 Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
- C15 Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921
- C33 Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention, 1932
- C59 Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1937
- C60 Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937
- C123 Minimum Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965
- C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973
- C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
- R41 Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Recommendation, 1932
- R52 Minimum Age (Family Undertakings) Recommendation, 1937
- R96 Minimum Age (Coal Mines) Recommendation, 1953
Protection of children and young persons
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Workers with family responsibilities
Labour administration and inspection
Labour inspection
Labour administration
Employment policy and promotion
Employment policy
Employment promotion
- C2 Unemployment Convention, 1919
- C34 Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933
- C88 Employment Service Convention, 1948
- C96 Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949
- C159 Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983
- C181 Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997
- R1 Unemployment Recommendation, 1919
- R42 Employment Agencies Recommendation, 1933
- R46 Elimination of Recruiting Recommendation, 1936
- R50 Public Works (International Co-operation) Recommendation, 1937
- R51 Public Works (National Planning) Recommendation, 1937
- R71 Employment (Transition from War to Peace) Recommendation, 1944
- R72 Employment Service Recommendation, 1944
- R73 Public Works (National Planning) Recommendation, 1944
- R99 Vocational Rehabilitation (Disabled) Recommendation, 1955
- R189 Job Creation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Recommendation, 1998
- R193 Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002
- R198 Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2006
Vocational guidance and training
- C140 Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974
- C142 Human Resources Development Convention, 1975
- R15 Vocational Education (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1921
- R56 Vocational Education (Building) Recommendation, 1937
- R57 Vocational Training Recommendation, 1939
- R60 Apprenticeship Recommendation, 1939
- R87 Vocational Guidance Recommendation, 1949
- R88 Vocational Training (Adults) Recommendation, 1950
- R101 Vocational Training (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1956
- R117 Vocational Training Recommendation, 1962
- R136 Special Youth Schemes Recommendation, 1970
- R148 Paid Educational Leave Recommendation, 1974
- R150 Human Resources Development Recommendation, 1975
Working time
Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave
- C1 Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919
- C14 Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921
- C30 Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930
- C31 Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention, 1931
- C43 Sheet-Glass Works Convention, 1934
- C46 Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935
- C47 Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935
- C49 Reduction of Hours of Work (Glass-Bottle Works) Convention, 1935
- C51 Reduction of Hours of Work (Public Works) Convention, 1936
- C52 Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936
- C61 Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles) Convention, 1937
- C67 Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1939
- C101 Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952
- C106 Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957
- C132 Holidays with Pay Convention (Revised), 1970
- C153 Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport) Convention, 1979
- C175 Part-Time Work Convention, 1994
- R18 Weekly Rest (Commerce) Recommendation, 1921
- R21 Utilisation of Spare Time Recommendation, 1924
- R37 Hours of Work (Hotels, etc.) Recommendation, 1930
- R38 Hours of Work (Theatres, etc.) Recommendation, 1930
- R39 Hours of Work (Hospitals, etc.) Recommendation, 1930
- R63 Control Books (Road Transport) Recommendation, 1939
- R65 Methods of Regulating Hours (Road Transport) Recommendation, 1939
- R66 Rest Periods (Private Chauffeurs) Recommendation, 1939
- R98 Holidays with Pay Recommendation, 1954
- R116 Reduction of Hours of Work Recommendation, 1962
Night work
Occupational safety and health
General provisions
Protection against specific risks
- C13 White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 (No. 13)
- C115 Radiation Protection Convention, 1960
- C119 Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963
- C127 Maximum Weight Convention, 1967
- C136 Benzene Convention, 1971
- C139 Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974
- C148 Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977
- C162 Asbestos Convention, 1986
- C170 Chemicals Convention, 1990
- C174 Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993
- R3 Anthrax Prevention Recommendation, 1919
- R4 Lead Poisoning (Women and Children) Recommendation, 1919
- R6 White Phosphorus Recommendation, 1919
- R32 Power-driven Machinery Recommendation, 1929
Protection in specific branches of activity
Social security
Comprehensive standards
Protection provided in the different branches of social security
Medical care and sickness benefit
Old-age, invalidity and survivors’ benefit
- C35 Old-Age Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933
- C36 Old-Age Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933
- C37 Invalidity Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933
- C38 Invalidity Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933
- C39 Survivors’ Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933
- C40 Survivors’ Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933
- C128 Invalidity, Old Age and Survivors’ Benefits Convention, 1967
- R131 Invalidity, Old Age and Survivors’ Benefits Recommendation, 1967
- R43 Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors’ Insurance Recommendation, 1933
Employment injury benefit
Unemployment benefit
Social security for migrant workers
Migrant workers
- C21 Inspection of Emigrants Convention, 1926
- C66 Migration for Employment Convention, 1939
- C97 Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949
- C143 Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975
- R2 Reciprocity of Treatment Recommendation, 1919
- R19 Migration Statistics Recommendation, 1922
- R26 Migration (Protection of Females at Sea) Recommendation, 1926
- R61 Migration for Employment Recommendation, 1939
- R62 Migration for Employment (Co-operation between States) Recommendation, 1939
- R100 Protection of Migrant Workers (Underdeveloped Countries) Recommendation, 1955
Seafarers
General provisions
Protection of children and young persons
Vocational guidance and training
Access to employment
General conditions of employment
- C22 Seamen’s Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926
- C23 Repatriation of Seamen Convention, 1926
- C57 Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1936
- C76 Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1946
- C93 Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1949
- C109 Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1958
- C54 Holidays with Pay (Sea) Convention, 1936
- C72 Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention, 1946
- C91 Paid Vacations (Seafarers) Convention (Revised), 1949
- C166 Repatriation of Seafarers Convention (Revised), 1987
- C146 Seafarers’ Annual Leave with Pay Convention, 1976
- C180 Seafarers’ Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996
- R27 Repatriation (Ship Masters and Apprentices) Recommendation, 1926
- R109 Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Recommendation, 1958
- R187 Seafarers’ Wages, Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Recommendation, 1996
Safety, health and welfare
- C68 Food and Catering (Ships’ Crews) Convention, 1946
- C73 Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946
- C92 Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised), 1949
- C133 Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1970
- C134 Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970
- C163 Seafarers’ Welfare Convention, 1987
- C164 Health Protection and Medical Care (Seafarers) Convention, 1987
- R48 Seamen’s Welfare in Ports Recommendation, 1936
- R76 Seafarers (Medical Care for Dependants) Recommendation, 1946
- C75 Accommodation of Crews Convention, 1946
- R78 Bedding, Mess Utensils and Miscellaneous Provisions (Ships’ Crews) Recommendation, 1946
- R105 Ships’ Medicine Chests Recommendation, 1958
- R106 Medical Advice at Sea Recommendation, 1958
- R108 Social Conditions and Safety (Seafarers) Recommendation, 1958
- R138 Seafarers’ Welfare Recommendation, 1970
- R140 Crew Accommodation (Air Conditioning) Recommendation, 1970
- R141 Crew Accommodation (Noise Control) Recommendation, 1970
- R142 Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Recommendation, 1970
Security of employment
Social security
Inspections
Indigenous and tribal peoples
- C50 Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936
- C64 Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939
- C65 Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939
- C86 Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1947
- C104 Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955
- C107 Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957
- C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
- R58 Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Recommendation, 1939
- R59 Labour Inspectorates (Indigenous Workers) Recommendation, 1939
- R104 Indigenous and Tribal Populations Recommendation, 1957
Specific categories of workers
Final Articles Conventions