Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991
Convention concerning Working Conditions in Hotels, Restaurants and similar Establishments | |
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![]() Parties to the convention | |
Signed | 25 June 1991 |
Location | Geneva, Switzerland |
Effective | 7 July 1994 |
Condition | Two ratifications |
Ratifiers | Sixteen |
Depositary | Director-General of the International Labour Office |
Languages | French and English |
The Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991, officially the Convention concerning Working Conditions in Hotels, Restaurants and similar Establishments is an International Labour Organization Convention adopted in 1991 during the 78 International Labour Conference.
It sets standards for work in hotels and restaurants. According to the convention, workers have a right to "reasonable normal hours of work" and "minimum daily and weekly rest periods", compensation (in time or remuneration) of work on holidays. Furthermore a basic remuneration should be paid in regular intervals, regardless of tips.[1]
Ratifications
As of September 2012, 16 countries were party to the convention: Austria, Barbados, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, Iraq, Ireland, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands (for Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands),[2] Spain, Switzerland and Uruguay.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "C172 - Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172)". ILO. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Convention concerning Working Conditions in Hotels, Restaurants and similar Establishments". Kingdom of the Netherlands (Treaty database). Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Ratifications of C172 - Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172)". ILO. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
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