International Labour Standards

ILO standards offer protection for precarious workers, insofar as they all apply to all workers. Furthermore, a number of ILO Conventions provide specific protection for vulnerable workers. However, attempts at standard-setting on contract workers failed and Convention 181 (Private Employment Agencies) and Recommendation 198 (Employment Relationship) provide only limited protection. So, the way forward should be the promotion of ratification and application of existing labour standards, the use of ILO supervisory procedures, and the development of new standards to fill the legal gaps. In the following you will find a list of standards and links to the relevant ILO databases.

C97 Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949

 

C143 Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975

 

C156 Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981

 

C159 Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983

 

C183 Maternity Protection Convention, 2000

 

C177 Home Work Convention, 1996

 

C189 Domestic Workers Convention, 2011

 

ILOLEX Database of International Labour Standards

 

Application of International Labour Standards (LibSynd)

 

Las reglas del juego - una breve introducción a las normas internacionales del trabajo

 

Les règles du jeu - une brève introduction aux normes internationales du travail

 

Rules of the Game - a brief introduction to International Labour Standards