Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949

Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 is an International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention.

Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949
C94
ILO Convention
Date of adoptionJune 29, 1949
Date in forceSeptember 20, 1952
ClassificationWages - Wage Payment Systems
SubjectWages
PreviousWages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1949
NextProtection of Wages Convention, 1949

It was established in 1949, with the preamble stating:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals concerning labour clauses in public contracts,...

and agreeing that subscribing states would ensure that public procurement contracts would include clauses ensuring that workers performing the contract would be entitled to "wages ..., hours of work and other conditions" which would be "not less favourable than those established for work of the same character in the trade or industry concerned in the district where the work is carried on".[1]

Ratifications

As of December 2014, the convention had 63 state parties. The United Kingdom, having previously being the first country to ratify the convention, renounced it on 20 September 1982.[2]

References
  1. ILO, Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949
  2. ILO, Ratifications, accessed 3 June 2018
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