Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920

Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920

C8
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	July 9, 1920
Date in force	March 16, 1923
Classification	Social Security
Subject	Seafarers
Previous	Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920
Next	Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920

It was established in 1920:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "supervision of articles of agreement; provision of facilities for finding employment for seamen; application to seamen of the Convention and Recommendations adopted at Washington in November last in regard to unemployment and unemployment insurance",...

Ratifications

As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 60 states. Of the ratifying states, 17 have subsequently denounced the treaty.

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