Minimum Age Convention, 1973

C138, Minimum Age Convention, 1973

Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
Member states of the Convention.   16   15   14
Drafted	26 June 1973
Effective	19 June 1976
Condition	2 ratifications
Ratifiers	176
Depositary	Director-General of the International Labour Office
Languages	French and English

The ILO Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment C138,^[1] is a convention adopted in 1973 by the International Labour Organization. It requires ratifying states to pursue a national policy designed to ensure the effective abolition of child labour and to raise progressively the minimum age for admission to employment or work. It is one of eight ILO fundamental conventions. Convention C138 replaces several similar ILO conventions in specific fields of labour.