Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991

Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991

Convention concerning Working Conditions in Hotels, Restaurants and similar Establishments
{{{image_alt}}} Parties to the convention
Signed	25 June 1991  (1991-06-25)
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Effective	7 July 1994
Condition	Two ratifications
Ratifiers	Sixteen
Depositary	Director-General of the International Labour Office
Languages	French and English

The Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991, officially the Convention concerning Working Conditions in Hotels, Restaurants and similar Establishments is an International Labour Organization Convention adopted in 1991 during the 78 International Labour Conference.

It sets standards for work in hotels and restaurants. According to the convention, workers have a right to "reasonable normal hours of work" and "minimum daily and weekly rest periods", compensation (in time or remuneration) of work on holidays. Furthermore a basic remuneration should be paid in regular intervals, regardless of tips.

Ratifications

As of September 2012, 16 countries were party to the convention: Austria, Barbados, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, Iraq, Ireland, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands (for Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands), Spain, Switzerland and Uruguay.

See also

• List of International Labour Organization Conventions

External links

• Convention text
• Parties