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ILO Conventions Ratified by NZ 2008

No. 104 - Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Employees), 1955 [Shelved]

Provisions

  • Penal sanctions for breaches of contract of employment by indigenous workers are to be abolished immediately.
  • For the purpose of this Convention, breach of contract is defined as:
    • refusal or failure to commence or perform the service stipulated in the contract;
    • neglect of duty or lack of diligence; or
    • absence without permission or valid reason; and desertion.

Administered by

No designated agency

How New Zealand implements it

  • See Convention 65 for details.

This Convention is applicable to Tokelau.

Ratified - 28 June 1956

Total ratifications - 26