JAMAICA ILO CONVENTIONS RATIFICATIONS





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.

  1. C007 – Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920
  2. C008 – Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920
  3. C011 – Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
  4. C015 – Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) Convention, 1921
  5. C016 – Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1921
  6. C019 – Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925
  7. C026 – Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928
  8. C029 – Forced Labour Convention, 1930
  9. C050 – Recruiting of Indigenous Workers Convention, 1936
  10. C058 – Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936
  11. C064 – Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939
  12. C065 – Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939
  13. C081 – Labour Inspection Convention, 1947
  14. C086 – Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1947
  15. C087 – Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948
  16. C094 – Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949
  17. C097 – Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949
  18. C098 – Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
  19. C100 – Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
  20. C105 – Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957
  21. C111 – Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
  22. C117 – Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962
  23. C122 – Employment Policy Convention, 1964
  24. C138 – Minimum Age Convention, 1973
  25. C144 – Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976
  26. C149 – Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977
  27. C150 – Labour Administration Convention, 1978
  28. C152 – Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979
  29. C182 – Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
  30. MLC, 2006 – Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
  31. C189 – Domestic Workers Convention, 2011