Jamaica has been a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) since 1962. Since then Jamaica has signed onto thirty-one (31) ILO conventions ratifications which includes the 8 fundamental conventions.
- C007 – Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920
- C008 – Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920
- C011 – Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
- C015 – Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921
- C016 – Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921
- C019 – Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925
- C026 – Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928
- C029 – Forced Labour Convention, 1930
- C050 – Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936
- C058 – Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936
- C064 – Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939
- C065 – Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939
- C081 – Labour Inspection Convention, 1947
- C086 – Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1947
- C087 – Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948
- C094 – Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949
- C097 – Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949
- C098 – Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
- C100 – Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
- C105 – Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957
- C111 – Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
- C117 – Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962
- C122 – Employment Policy Convention, 1964
- C138 – Minimum Age Convention, 1973
- C144 – Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976
- C149 – Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977
- C150 – Labour Administration Convention, 1978
- C152 – Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979
- C182 – Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
- MLC, 2006 – Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
- C189 – Domestic Workers Convention, 2011
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