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