Working hours are not excessive

ETI Resources

This is an outline page for this new section of the ETI website, which will be developed on an ongoing basis to provide a list of key resources on this topic. Suggestions for material to include on this page are welcome!

• Key international conventions
• ETI documents
• Other online resources
• For more information

 

 

Key international conventions

C1 – Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919

C30 – Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930

C106 – Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957

C14 – Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921

The Hours of Work Conventions require - subject to a wide range of exceptions - that working hours shall be limited to eight hours a day and forty-eight hours a week.

The Weekly Rest Conventions – again subject to exceptions – provide that workers should be entitled to one full day’s rest every week.

 

 

ETI documents

ETI Library:

• Report on the ETI Biennial Conference 2003:
  Chapter 5 - Linking wages, overtime and productivity
  Chapter 9 - Purchasing practices: what impact on labour conditions?

 

 

Other online resources

[will be added here]

 

 

For more information

We welcome suggestions for highly relevant links and print material to list here, bearing in mind that it is intended to be a very selective resource. Please include:

1. full URL (address for internet links) and/or bibliographic details and how to obtain a copy (print materials), and
2. a clear indication of where you think the listing would be most appropriate.

Please send suggestions to adil@eti.org.uk
[ETI mailing address]