Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997

Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997

C181
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	June 19, 1997
Date in force	May 10, 2000
Classification	Employment Services - Job Placement
Subject	Employment policy and Promotion
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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,...

Ratifications

As of May 2016, the convention has been ratified by 32 states.

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