The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office,
and having met in its Eighty-fifth Session on 3 June 1997, and
Noting the provisions of the Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised),
1949, and
Being aware of the importance of flexibility in the functioning of labour markets,
and
Recalling that the International Labour Conference at its 81st Session, 1994, held
the view that the ILO should proceed to revise the Fee-Charging Employment Agencies
Convention (Revised), 1949, and
Considering the very different environment in which private employment agencies operate,
when compared to the conditions prevailing when the above-mentioned Convention was
adopted, and
Recognizing the role which private employment agencies may play in a well-functioning
labour market, and
Recalling the need to protect workers against abuses, and
Recognizing the need to guarantee the right to freedom of association and to promote
collective bargaining and social dialogue as necessary components of a well-functioning
industrial relations system, and
Noting the provisions of the Employment Service Convention, 1948, and
Recalling the provisions of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, the Freedom of Association and the Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948, the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949, the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, the Employment Policy Convention, 1964, the Minimum Age Convention, 1973, the Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988,
and the provisions relating to recruitment and placement in the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949, and the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision
of the Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949, which is the fourth
item on the agenda of the session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention;