ILO Conventions
International labour standards are legal instruments drawn up by the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) constituents (governments, employers and workers) and setting out basic principles and rights at work. They are either conventions, which are legally binding international treaties that may be ratified by member states, or recommendations, which serve as non-binding guidelines.
Conventions and recommendations are drawn up by representatives of governments, employers and workers and are adopted at the ILO’s annual International Labour Conference. Once a standard is adopted, member states are required under the ILO Constitution to submit them to their competent authority (normally the parliament) for consideration. Ratifying countries commit themselves to applying the convention in national law and practice and reporting on its application at regular intervals.
Barbados has been a member of the ILO since 1967. To date forty (40) conventions have been ratified. According to the ILO, out of 40 Conventions ratified by Barbados, 31 are in force, 6 Conventions have been denounced; 3 instruments abrogated; none have been ratified in the past 12 months.
Number-Name | Year of Ratification |
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08 May 1967 | |
C087 - Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) | 08 May 1967 |
C098 - Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) | 08 May 1967 |
19 Sep 1974 | |
C105 - Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) | 08 May 1967 |
C111 - Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) | 14 Oct 1974 |
C138 - Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Minimum age specified: 16 years | 04 Jan 2000 |
C182 - Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) | 23 Oct 2000 |
Governance (Priority)
Convention | Date |
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C081 - Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) Excluding Part II | 08 May 1967 |
15 Mar 1976 | |
C144 - Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) | 06 Apr 1983 |
Technical
Convention | Date |
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C005 - Minimum Age (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 5) - NOT IN FORCE Automatic Denunciation on 03 Jan 2001 by convention C138 | 08 May 1967 |
C007 - Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920 (No. 7) - NOT IN FORCE Automatic Denunciation on 03 Jan 2001 by convention C138 | 08 May 1967 |
C010 - Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 10) - NOT IN FORCE Automatic Denunciation on 03 Jan 2001 by convention C138 | 02 Oct 1978 |
C011 - Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 11) | 08 May 1967 |
C012 - Workmen's Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921 (No. 12) | 08 May 1967 |
C017 - Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17) | 08 May 1967 |
C019 - Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) | 08 May 1967 |
C022 - Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) - NOT IN FORCE Automatic Denunciation on 20 Jun 2014 by convention MLC, 2006 | 08 May 1967 |
C026 - Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) | 08 May 1967 |
C042 - Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised), 1934 (No. 42) | 08 May 1967 |
C050 - Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936 (No. 50) - NOT IN FORCE Abrogated Convention - By decision of the International Labour Conference at its 107th Session (2018) | 08 May 1967 |
C063 - Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938 (No. 63) Excluding Part III | 08 May 1967 |
C065 - Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (No. 65) NOT IN FORCE Abrogated Convention - By decision of the International Labour Conference at its 107th Session (2018) | 08 May 1967 |
C074 - Certification of Able Seamen Convention, 1946 (No. 74) NOT IN FORCE Automatic Denunciation on 20 Jun 2014 by convention MLC, 2006 | 08 May 1967 |
C086 - Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1947 (No. 86) NOT IN FORCE Abrogated Convention - By decision of the International Labour Conference at its 107th Session (2018) | 08 May 1967 |
C090 - Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 90) | 15 Jan 1976 |
C094 - Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) | 08 May 1967 |
08 May 1967 | |
C097 - Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97) Has excluded the provisions of Annexes I to III | 08 May 1967 |
C101 - Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952 (No. 101) | 08 May 1967 |
C102 - Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) Has accepted Parts III, V, VI, IX and X. As a result of the ratification of Convention No. 128 and pursuant to Article 45 of that Convention certain parts of the present Convention are no longer applicable. | 11 Jul 1972 |
C108 - Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108) | 08 May 1967 |
08 May 1967 | |
C118 - Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118) Has accepted Branches (b), (c) and (e) to (g) | 14 Oct 1974 |
C128 - Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967 (No. 128) Has accepted Parts II and III | 15 Sep 1972 |
25 Apr 1977 | |
C147 - Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147) NOT IN FORCE Automatic Denunciation on 20 Jun 2014 by convention MLC, 2006 | 16 May 1994 |
C172 - Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172) | 22 Jun 1997 |
MLC, 2006 - Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) In accordance with Standard A4.5 (2) and (10), the Government has specified the following branches of social security: sickness benefit; unemployment benefit; old-age benefit; employment injury benefit; maternity benefit; invalidity benefit and survivorsÕ benefit. | 20 Jun 2013 |
Amendments of 2014 to the MLC, 2006 | 18 Jan 2017 |
Amendments of 2016 to the MLC, 2006 | 08 Jan 2019 |
Amendments of 2018 to the MLC, 2006 - Formal disagreement period until 26 Jun 2020 | 26 Dec 2020 |