preface

preface

The ILO, created in 1919, has endeavoured to set international standards for workers’
protection and to provide practical information about the world’s labour problems. Many of
the ILO Conventions and Recommendations thus concern safety, health and conditions of
work. For example, Convention No. 1 (1919), which provided working hours should not
exceed eight hours a day and 48 hours a week, has had an enormous influence on national
law and practice. Recommendation No. 5 (1919) advocated the establishment of
government services to safeguard the health of workers. Other examples include
Convention No. 14 (1921) on weekly rest in industry, Recommendation No. 102 (1956) on
welfare facilities, the Minimum Age Convention No. 138 (1973) and a series of
Conventions and Recommendations on safety, health and working conditions. Recent
examples are Convention No. 155 and Recommendation No. 164 (1981) on occupational
safety and health.

ennart Fridlund Drawings: Gyula Buváry,
Mohammad Ali Translation: Struan Robertson

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