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Convention (No. 173) of the International Labour Organisation Concerning the Protection of Workers' Claims in the Event of the Insolvency of Their Employer (Geneva, 23 June 1992)

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CONVENTION (NO. 173)
OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS' CLAIMS IN THE EVENT OF THE INSOLVENCY OF THEIR EMPLOYER
(GENEVA, 23 JUNE 1992)

 

The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its 79th Session on 3 June 1992, and

Stressing the importance of the protection of workers' claims in the event of the insolvency of their employer and recalling the provisions on this subject in Article 11 of the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949, and Article 11 of the Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925, and

Noting that, since the adoption of the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949, greater value has been placed on the rehabilitation of insolvent enterprises and that, because of the social and economic consequences of insolvency, efforts should be made where possible to rehabilitate enterprises and safeguard employment, and

Noting that since the adoption of the aforementioned standards, significant developments have taken place in the law and practice of many Members which have improved the protection of workers' claims in the event of insolvency of their employer, and considering that it would be timely for the Conference to adopt new standards on the subject of workers' claims, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the protection of workers' claims in the event of the insolvency of their employer, 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;

adopts this twenty-third day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two the following Convention, which may be cited as the Protection of Workers' Claims (Employer's Insolvency) Convention, 1992.