Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935

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Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935
C47
ILO Convention
Date of adoptionJune 22, 1935
Date in forceMay 23, 1957
ClassificationHours of Work
SubjectWorking Time
Previous Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935
Next Maintenance of Migrants' Pension Rights Convention, 1935 (shelved)

Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1935, with the preamble stating:

Considering that in pursuance of the Resolutions adopted by the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Sessions of the International Labour Conference it is necessary that a continuous effort should be made to reduce hours of work in all forms of employment to such extent as is possible;...

Ratifications

As of 2023, the convention has been ratified by 15 states.

CountryDateStatus
Australia 1970.10.22ratified
Azerbaijan 1992.05.19ratified
Belarus (as the Byelorussian SSR)1956.08.21ratified
Finland 1989.11.23ratified
Kyrgyzstan 1992.03.31ratified
Lithuania 1994.09.26ratified
Moldova 1997.12.09ratified
New Zealand 1938.03.29ratified
Norway 1979.03.13ratified
Russian Federation (as the Soviet Union)1956.06.23ratified
South Korea 2011.11.07ratified
Sweden 1982.08.11ratified
Tajikistan 1993.11.26ratified
Ukraine (as the Ukrainian SSR)1956.08.10ratified
Uzbekistan 1992.07.13ratified