Unemployment Convention, 1919
C2
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	November 28, 1919
Date in force	July 14, 1921
Classification	Unemployment
Subject	Employment policy and Promotion
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Unemployment Convention, 1919 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1919:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "question of preventing or providing against unemployment",...

Ratifications

As of 2013, the convention had been ratified by 57 states. Of the ratifying states, three have subsequently denounced the treaty.

Country	Date	Notes
Argentina	November 30, 1933
Australia	June 15, 1972
Austria	June 12, 1924
Belgium	August 25, 1930
Bosnia and Herzegovina	June 2, 1993
Bulgaria	February 14, 1922	denounced July 20, 1960
Central African Republic	June 9, 1964
Chile	May 31, 1933
Colombia	June 20, 1933
Cyprus	October 8, 1965
Denmark	October 13, 1921
Djibouti	August 3, 1978
Ecuador	February 5, 1962
Egypt	July 3, 1954
Estonia	December 20, 1922
Ethiopia	June 11, 1966
Finland	October 19, 1921
France	August 25, 1925
Germany	June 6, 1925
Greece	November 19, 1920
Guyana	June 8, 1966
Hungary	March 1, 1928
Iceland	February 17, 1958
India	July 14, 1921	denounced April 16, 1938
Ireland	September 4, 1925
Italy	April 10, 1923
Japan	November 23, 1922
Kenya	January 13, 1964
Luxembourg	April 16, 1928
Malta	January 4, 1965
Mauritius	December 2, 1969
Montenegro	June 3, 2006
Morocco	October 14, 1960
Myanmar	July 14, 1921
Netherlands	February 6, 1932
New Zealand	March 29, 1938
Nicaragua	April 12, 1934
North Macedonia	November 17, 1991
Norway	November 23, 1921
Papua New Guinea	May 1, 1976
Poland	June 21, 1924
Romania	June 13, 1921
Serbia	November 24, 2000	ratified as Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles	February 6, 1978
Slovenia	May 29, 1992
South Africa	February 20, 1924
Spain	July 4, 1923
South Korea	November 7, 2011
Sudan	June 18, 1957
Sweden	September 27, 1921
Switzerland	October 9, 1922
Syrian Arab Republic	July 26, 1960	As the United Arab Republic
Turkey	July 14, 1950
Ukraine	May 16, 1994
United Kingdom	July 14, 1921
Uruguay	June 6, 1933	denounced November 11, 1982
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	November 20, 1944

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See also	Bullshit job Busy work Credentialism and educational inflation Emotional labor Evil corporation Going postal Kiss up kick down Labor rights Make-work job Money-rich, time-poor Narcissism in the workplace Post-work society Presenteeism Psychopathy in the workplace Slow movement (culture) Toxic leader Toxic workplace Workhouse
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