International Labour Organization Convention
C138, Minimum Age Convention, 1973 Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment Member states of the Convention.
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Drafted 26 June 1973 Effective 19 June 1976 Condition 2 ratifications Ratifiers 176 Depositary Director-General of the International Labour Office Languages French and English
The ILO Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment C138,[ 1] is a convention adopted in 1973 by the International Labour Organization . It requires ratifying states to pursue a national policy designed to ensure the effective abolition of child labour and to raise progressively the minimum age for admission to employment or work . It is one of eight ILO fundamental conventions . Convention C138 replaces several similar ILO conventions in specific fields of labour.
^ 1973 ILO Convention C138: Minimum Age Convention (Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment)(58th Conference Session Geneva 1973), 1015 United Nations Treaty Series, p. 297.