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Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997

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Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997
C181
ILO Convention
Date of adoption19 June 1997
Date in force10 May 2000
ClassificationEmployment Services - Job Placement
SubjectEmployment policy and Promotion
PreviousSeafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996
NextWorst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999

Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1997, with the preamble stating:

Recalling the provisions of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948, the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949, the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, the Employment Policy Convention, 1964, the Minimum Age Convention, 1973, the Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988, and the provisions relating to recruitment and placement in the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949, and the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949,...

This Convention applies to all private employment offices, to all categories of workers and to all branches of economic activity. It does not apply to the recruitment and accommodation of seafarers. The purpose of the convention is to enable all private employment agencies to operate and to ensure the protection of workers using their services within the limits of its provisions. According to the convention, private employment agencies have to treat all employees equally without discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, political opinion, national exclusion or social origin.[1]

Ratifications

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As of March 2023, the convention has been ratified by 37 states. These states are:

Albania 30 Jun 1999 In Force
Algeria 06 Jun 2006 In Force
Antigua and Barbuda 28 Jul 2021 In Force
Belgium 28 Sep 2004 In Force
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 Jan 2010 In Force
Bulgaria 24 Mar 2005 In Force
Czech Republic 09 Oct 2000 In Force
Ethiopia 24 Mar 1999 In Force
Fiji 21 Jan 2013 In Force
Finland 25 May 1999 In Force
France 28 Oct 2015 In Force
Georgia 27 Aug 2002 In Force
Hungary 19 Sep 2003 In Force
Israel 04 Oct 2012 In Force
Italy 01 Feb 2000 In Force
Japan 28 Jul 1999 In Force
Lithuania 19 Mar 2004 In Force
Madagascar 11 Jun 2019 In Force
Mali 12 Apr 2016 In Force
Mongolia 17 Apr 2015 In Force
Morocco 10 May 1999 In Force
Netherlands 15 Sep 1999 In Force
Niger 14 May 2015 In Force
North Macedonia 03 Oct 2012 In Force
Panama 10 Aug 1999 In Force
Poland 15 Sep 2008 In Force
Portugal 25 Mar 2002 In Force
Republic of Moldova 19 Dec 2001 In Force
Rwanda 29 Jun 2018 In Force
Serbia 15 Mar 2013 In Force
Sierra Leone 25 Aug 2021 In Force
Slovakia 22 Feb 2010 In Force
Somalia 08 Mar 2021 In Force
Spain 15 Jun 1999 In Force
Suriname 12 Apr 2006 In Force
Uruguay 14 Jun 2004 In Force
Zambia 23 Dec 2013 In Force

References

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  1. ^ "Refworld | Convention Concerning Private Employment Agencies".
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