Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935

Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935

C47
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	June 22, 1935
Date in force	May 23, 1957
Classification	Hours of Work
Subject	Working Time
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Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1935, with the preamble stating:

Considering that in pursuance of the Resolutions adopted by the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Sessions of the International Labour Conference it is necessary that a continuous effort should be made to reduce hours of work in all forms of employment to such extent as is possible;...

Ratifications

As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 15 states.

Country	Date	Status
Australia	22:10:1970	ratified
Azerbaijan	19:05:1992	ratified
Belarus (as the Byelorussian SSR)	21:08:1956	ratified
Finland	23:11:1989	ratified
South Korea	07:11:2011	ratified
Kyrgyzstan	31:03:1992	ratified
Lithuania	26:09:1994	ratified
Moldova	09:12:1997	ratified
New Zealand	29:03:1938	ratified
Norway	13:03:1979	ratified
Russian Federation (as the Soviet Union)	23:06:1956	ratified
Sweden	11:08:1982	ratified
Tajikistan	26:11:1993	ratified
Ukraine (as the Ukrainian SSR)	10:08:1956	ratified
Uzbekistan	13:07:1992	ratified

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