Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919

International Labour Organization Convention

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ILO Convention
Date of adoption| November 28, 1919
Date in force| June 13, 1921
Classification| Hours of work
Subject| Working time
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Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1919:

> Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "application of the principle of the 8-hour working day or of the 48-hours week"...

## Ratifications

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As of 2013, the convention had been ratified by 52 states. Of these ratifying states, one - New Zealand \- has subsequently denounced the treaty.[citation needed]

Country  | Date  | Notes

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Angola | June 4, 1976
Argentina | November 30, 1933
Austria | June 12, 1924  | conditional ratification
Bangladesh | June 22, 1972
Belgium | September 6, 1926
Bolivia | November 15, 1973
Bulgaria | February 14, 1922
Burundi | July 30, 1971
Canada | March 21, 1935
Chile | September 15, 1925
Colombia | June 20, 1933
Comoros | November 23, 1978
Costa Rica | March 1, 1982
Cuba | September 20, 1934
Czech Republic | January 1, 1993
Djibouti | August 3, 1978
Dominican Republic | February 4, 1933
Egypt | May 10, 1960  | ratified as the United Arab Republic
Equatorial Guinea | June 12, 1985
France | February 6, 1927  | conditional ratification
Ghana | June 19, 1973
Greece | November 19, 1920
Guatemala | June 14, 1988
Guinea-Bissau | February 21, 1977
Haiti | March 31, 1952
India | July 14, 1921  | ratified as British India
Iraq | August 24, 1965
Israel | June 26, 1951
Italy | October 6, 1924  | conditional ratification
Kuwait | September 21, 1961
Latvia | August 15, 1925  | conditional ratification
Lebanon | June 1, 1977
Libya | May 27, 1971
Lithuania | June 19, 1931
Luxembourg | April 16, 1928
Malta | June 9, 1988
Mozambique | June 6, 1977
Myanmar | July 14, 1921
New Zealand | March 29, 1938  | denounced June 9, 1989
Nicaragua | April 12, 1934
Pakistan | July 14, 1921  | ratified as British India
Paraguay | March 21, 1966
Peru | August 11, 1945
Portugal | July 3, 1928
Romania | June 13, 1921
Saudi Arabia | June 15, 1978
Slovakia | January 1, 1993
Spain | February 22, 1929
Syrian Arab Republic | May 10, 1960  | ratified as the United Arab Republic
United Arab Emirates | May 27, 1982
Uruguay | June 6, 1933
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | November 20, 1944

## See also

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* Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930

## External links

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* Text.
* Ratifications.

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