Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919

Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919

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ILO Convention
Date of adoption	November 28, 1919
Date in force	June 13, 1921
Classification	Hours of work
Subject	Working time
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Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1919:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "application of the principle of the 8-hour working day or of the 48-hours week"...

Ratifications

As of 2013, the convention had been ratified by 52 states. Of these ratifying states, one—New Zealand—has subsequently denounced the treaty.

Country	Date	Notes
Angola	June 4, 1976
Argentina	November 30, 1933
Austria	June 12, 1924	conditional ratification
Bangladesh	June 22, 1972
Belgium	September 6, 1926
Bolivia	November 15, 1973
Bulgaria	February 14, 1922
Burundi	July 30, 1971
Canada	March 21, 1935
Chile	September 15, 1925
Colombia	June 20, 1933
Comoros	November 23, 1978
Costa Rica	March 1, 1982
Cuba	September 20, 1934
Czech Republic	January 1, 1993
Djibouti	August 3, 1978
Dominican Republic	February 4, 1933
Egypt	May 10, 1960	ratified as the United Arab Republic
Equatorial Guinea	June 12, 1985
France	February 6, 1927	conditional ratification
Ghana	June 19, 1973
Greece	November 19, 1920
Guatemala	June 14, 1988
Guinea-Bissau	February 21, 1977
Haiti	March 31, 1952
India	July 14, 1921	ratified as British India
Iraq	August 24, 1965
Israel	June 26, 1951
Italy	October 6, 1924	conditional ratification
Kuwait	September 21, 1961
Latvia	August 15, 1925	conditional ratification
Lebanon	June 1, 1977
Libya	May 27, 1971
Lithuania	June 19, 1931
Luxembourg	April 16, 1928
Malta	June 9, 1988
Mozambique	June 6, 1977
Myanmar	July 14, 1921
New Zealand	March 29, 1938	denounced June 9, 1989
Nicaragua	April 12, 1934
Pakistan	July 14, 1921	ratified as British India
Paraguay	March 21, 1966
Peru	August 11, 1945
Portugal	July 3, 1928
Romania	June 13, 1921
Saudi Arabia	June 15, 1978
Slovakia	January 1, 1993
Spain	February 22, 1929
Syrian Arab Republic	May 10, 1960	ratified as the United Arab Republic
United Arab Emirates	May 27, 1982
Uruguay	June 6, 1933
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	November 20, 1944

See also

• Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930

External links

• Text.
• Ratifications.