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International
Labour Organisation Conventions and Recommendations
The International Labour
Organization (ILO) is the United Nations (UN) specialized
agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and
internationally recognized human and labour rights. It was
founded in 1919 and became the first specialized agency of the
UN in 1946.
The ILO formulates
international labour standards in the form of Conventions and
Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour
rights: freedom of association, the right to organize,
collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of
opportunity and treatment, and other standards regulating
conditions across the entire spectrum of work related issues.
Within the UN system the ILO
has a unique tripartite structure with workers and employers
participating as equal partners with governments in the
formulation of labour policy and regulation.
Jamaica became a member state
of the ILO upon gaining independence in 1962 and has since
ratified and adopted the following Conventions:
LIST OF ILO
CONVENTIONS RATIFIED BY JAMAICA
| Conventions
No |
Title
of Conventions |
Ratification
registered |
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8 |
8
Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck), 192 |
08.07.63 |
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11 |
11
Right of Association (Agriculture), 1921 |
08.07.63 |
| 16 |
Medical
Examination of Young Persons (Sea), 1921
|
26.12.62 |
| 19 |
19
Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation), 1925 |
26.12.62 |
| 26 |
Minimum
Wage-Fixing Machinery, 1928 |
08.07.63 |
| 29 |
Forced
Labour, 1930 |
26.12.62 |
| 50 |
Recruiting
of Indigenous Workers, 1936 |
26.12.62 |
| 64 |
Contracts
of Employment (Indigenous Workers), 1939 |
26.12.62 |
| 65 |
Penal
Sanctions (Indigenous Workers), 1939 |
26.12.62 |
| 81 |
Labour
Inspection, 1947 |
26.12.62 |
| 86 |
Contracts
of Employment (Indigenous Workers), 1947 |
26.12.62 |
| 87 |
87
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right
to organize, 1948 |
26.12.62 |
| 94 |
Labour
Clauses (Public Contracts), 1949 |
26.12.62 |
| 97 |
Migration
for Employment (Revised), 1949 |
26.12.62 |
| 98 |
Right
to organize and Collective Bargaining, 1949 |
26.12.62 |
| 100 |
Equal
remuneration, 1951 |
14.01.75 |
| 105 |
Abolition
of Forced Labour, 1957 |
26.12.72 |
| 111 |
Discrimination
(Employment and Occupational), 1958 |
10.01.75 |
| 117 |
Social
Policy (Basic Aims and Standards), 1962 |
04.01.66 |
| 122 |
Employment
Policy, 1964 |
10.01.75 |
|
138 |
Minimum Age for Admission to Employment |
13/10/03 |
| 144 |
Tripartite
Consultation, 1976 |
23.10.96 |
| 149 |
Nursing
Personnel, 1977 |
22.05.84 |
| 150 |
Labour
Administration, 1978 |
04.06.84 |
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182 |
Worst Forms of Child Labour |
13/10/03 |
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