Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935

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Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935
Date of adoption	June 22, 1935
Date in force	May 23, 1957
Classification	Hours of Work
Subject	Working Time
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Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1935, with the preamble stating:

Considering that in pursuance of the Resolutions adopted by the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Sessions of the International Labour Conference it is necessary that a continuous effort should be made to reduce hours of work in all forms of employment to such extent as is possible;...^[1]