Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 is an International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention adopted in Geneva on 29 June 1949. Its preamble states: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals concerning labour clauses in public contracts .... The convention requires subscribing states to ensure that public procurement contracts contain clauses ensuring that workers performing the contract would be entitled to "wages ..., hours of work and other conditions" which would be "not less favourable than those established for work of the same character in the trade or industry concerned in the district where the work is carried on". Ratifications As of February 2023, the convention had 62 state parties. Although the United Kingdom was the first country to ratify the convention, Norman Tebbitt, Secretary of State for Employment, arranged for the UK government to renounce it on 20 September 1982. Article 14 makes provision for states which have ratified the convention to denounce it on provision of due notice to the Director-General of the ILO. References External links Text. Ratifications, accessed 23 June 2018. International Labour Organization conventions Treaties concluded in 1949 Treaties entered into force in 1952 Treaties of Algeria Treaties of Antigua and Barbuda Treaties of Armenia Treaties of Austria Treaties of the Bahamas Treaties of Barbados Treaties of Belgium Treaties of Belize Treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina Treaties of the military dictatorship in Brazil Treaties of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Treaties of Burundi Treaties of Cameroon Treaties of the Central African Republic Treaties of Costa Rica Treaties of Cuba Treaties of Cyprus Treaties of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) Treaties of Denmark Treaties of Djibouti Treaties of Dominica Treaties of the United Arab Republic Treaties of Finland Treaties of the French Fourth Republic Treaties of Ghana Treaties of Grenada Treaties of Guatemala Treaties of Guinea Treaties of Guyana Treaties of Ba'athist Iraq Treaties of Israel Treaties of Italy Treaties of Jamaica Treaties of Kenya Treaties of Malaysia Treaties of Mauritania Treaties of Mauritius Treaties of Morocco Treaties of the Netherlands Treaties of Nigeria Treaties of Norway Treaties of Panama Treaties of the Philippines Treaties of Rwanda Treaties of Saint Lucia Treaties of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Treaties of Serbia Treaties of Sierra Leone Treaties of Singapore Treaties of the Solomon Islands Treaties of the Somali Republic Treaties of Francoist Spain Treaties of Suriname Treaties of Eswatini Treaties of Tanganyika Treaties of North Macedonia