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R151 - Migrant Workers Recommendation, 1975 (No. 151)
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Preamble
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Sixtieth Session on 4 June
1975, and
Considering that the Preamble of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation assigns to it the task of protecting the interests of
workers when employed in countries other than their own, and
Recalling the provisions contained in the Migration for Employment Convention and Recommendation (Revised), 1949, and in the Protection
of Migrant Workers (Underdeveloped Countries) Recommendation, 1955, which deal with such matters as the preparation and organisation
of migration, social services to be provided to migrant workers and their families, in particular before their departure and during their
journey, equality of treatment as regards a variety of matters which they enumerate, and the regulation of the stay and return of migrant
workers and their families, and
Having adopted the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975, and
Considering that further standards are desirable as regards equality of opportunity and treatment, social policy in regard to migrants and
employment and residence, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to migrant workers, which is the fifth item on the agenda of the session,
and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation,
adopts this twenty-fourth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five, the following Recommendation, which may be
cited as the Migrant Workers Recommendation, 1975:
1. Members should apply the provision of this Recommendation within the framework of a coherent policy on international migration for
employment. That policy should be based upon the economic and social needs of both countries of origin and countries of employment; it should
take account not only of short-term manpower needs and resources but also of the long-term social and economic consequences of migration for
migrants as well as for the communities concerned.
I. Equality of Opportunity and Treatment
2. Migrant workers and members of their families lawfully within the territory of a Member should enjoy effective equality of opportunity and
treatment with nationals of the Member concerned in respect of-(a) access to vocational guidance and placement services;
(b) access to vocational training and employment of their own choice on the basis of individual suitability for such training or employment,
account being taken of qualifications acquired outside the territory of and in the country of employment;
(c) advancement in accordance with their individual character, experience, ability and diligence;
(d) security of employment, the provision of alternative employment, relief work and retraining;
(e) remuneration for work of equal value;