Level 1 > APPENDIX 4 > List of defined terms in ILO instruments
 
This appendix contains an exhaustive list of terms defined in ILO Conventions and Recommendations as well as provisions which use those terms. Certain definitions are of limited interest. Definitions which seem most useful are listed in Appendix 5 “Glossary”.
Terms Conventions and Recommendations
Able seaman C76, C93 and C109 (Art. 4(c))
Access C152 (Art. 3(g)); R160 (Para. 2(g))
Accommodation of crews C75 and C92 (Art. 2 (g)); C133 (Art. 2(h))
Activities in the non-commercial services
sector
P81 (Art. 1(2))
Adult C133 (Art. 2(g))
Age normally qualifying workers for an
old-age benefit
R162 (Para. 20(d))
Agricultural occupations C103 (Art. 1(4))
Agricultural undertaking[1] R70 (Annex, Art. 46(a)); R74 (Annex, Art. 25(a))
Agricultural undertakings[2] C129 (Art. 1(1))
Agricultural worker C44 (Art. 2(4)) – shall be defined by legislation
Agriculture C184 (Art. 1)
Air pollution C148 (Art. 3(a))
Airborne asbestos dust C162 (Art. 2(c)); R172 (Para. 3(c))
Allowance C44 (Art. 1(1)(b))
Apprenticeship R60 (Para. 1); R57 (Para. 1(c))
Approved C75 and C92 (Art. 2(i)); C126 (Art. 2(h)); C133 (Art. 2 (j))
Article C170 (Art. 2(e))
Asbestos C162 (Art. 2(a)); R172 (Para. 3(a))
Asbestos dust C162 (Art. 2(b)), R172 (Para. 3(b))
Authorized person C152 (Art. 3(d)); R160 (Para. 2(d))
Basic pay or wages C76 (Art. 4(d)); C95 (Art. 1); R187 (Para. 2(a))
Benefit[3] C44 (Art. 1(1)(a))
Benefit[4] C102 (Art. 1(2)); C118 (Art. 1(b))
Benefits awarded/granted under traditional schemes C118 (Art. 1(c)); C157 (Art. 1(o))
Bottles C49 (Art. 1(2))
Branches of economic activity C155 (Art. 3(a)); C170 (Art. 2(d)); R164 (Para. 2(a))
Breach of contract C110 (Art. 23)
Central authority C81 (Art. 4(2))
Central body C129 (Art. 7(2))
Central coordinating authority C178 (Art. 1(7)(a))
Chemicals C170 (Art. 2(a))
Chief engineer C53 (Art. 2(c))
Child C3, C103 and C182 (Art. 2); C102 (Art. 1(1)(e)); C110 (Art. 46); C128 (Art. 1(h)); C130 (Art. 1(g)); C183 (Art. 1); R131 (Para. 1(f)); R134 (Para. 1(f))
Coal mines C46 (Art. 1(1))
Collective agreement R91 (Para. 2(1))
Collective bargaining C154 (Art. 2)
Commercial undertaking C3 (Art. 1(2)); R70 (Annex, Art. 46(b)); R74 (Annex, Art. 25(b))
Commuting accident P155 (Art. 1(d))
Comparable full-time worker C175 (Art. 1(c)); R182 (Para. 2(c))
Competencies R195 (Para. 2(b))
Competent authority C29 (Art. 3); C179 (Art. 1(1)(a)); C180 (Art. 2(a)); R187 (Para. 2(a))
Competent Member C157 (Art. 1(c)); C165 (Art. 1(f))
Competent person C152 (Art. 3(b)); C167 (Art. 2(f)); R160 (Para. 2(b)), R175 (Para. 2(g))
Complaint C147 (Art. 4(3))
Consolidated wage R187 (Para. 2(c))
Construction C167 (Art. 2 (a)); R175 (Para. 2(a))
Construction site C167 (Art. 2(b)); R175 (Para. 2(b))
Contract C64 and C86 (Art. 1(d))
Contributory benefit R131 (Para. 1(h))
Contributory benefit and non-contributory
benefit
C128 (Art. 1(j))
Convention, the R176 (Para. 1(c))
Dangerous occurrence P155 (Art. 1(c))
Death grant C118 (Art. 1(d))
Dependant[5] C165 (Art. 1(d))
Dependant[6] C70 (Art. 1(1)(b))
Dependent C121 (Art. 1(d)); C128(Art. 1(e)); C130(Art. 1(e)); R121 and R131(Para. 1(c)); R134 (Para. 1(d))
Dependent child C121 (Art. 1(e)); C156 (Art. 1(3)); R165 (Para. 1(3))
Disabled person[7] R99 (Para. 1(b))
Disabled person[8] C159 (Art. 1(1)) and R168 (Para. 1(1))
Discrimination C111 (Art. 1(1) and (2)); R111 (Para. 1(1))
Distant trade ship C76 and C93 (Art. 11(b)); C109 (Art. 12(b))
Dock work C152 (Art. 1); R160 (Para. 1)
Dock work C137 (Art. 1(2)) and R145 (Para. 2) – to be defined by national legislation
Dockworkers C137 (Art. 1(2) states that this term shall be defined by national legislation); R 145 (Para. 2)
Emergency[9] C29 (Art. 2(2)(d));
Employability R195 (Para. 2(d))
Employer In the context of indigenous workers: C64 and C86 (Art. 1(b)). C119 (Art. 14); C167 (Art. 2(e)); C176 (Art. 1(2)); C177 (Art. 1(c)); R175 (Para. 2(f)); R184 (Para. 1(c))
Employment C111 (Art. 1(3)); R111 (Para. 1(3))
Engineer C125 (Art. 3(c)); R126 (Para. 2(c))
Engineer officer in charge of a watch C53 (Art. 2(d))
Equal remuneration for men and women
workers for work of equal value
C100 (Art. 1 (b))
Exposure to asbestos C162 (Art. 2(e)); R172 (Para. 3(e))
Fee-charging employment agencies C34 (Art. 1); C96 (Art. 1)
Fisherman C114 (Art. 2)
Fishing vessel C112 and C113 (Art. 1(1)); C114 (Art. 1(1)); C125 (Art. 1); C126 (Art. 2(a)); R126 (Para. 1(1))
Force majeure C4 and C41 (Art. 4(a)); C30 (Art. 5(1))
Forced or compulsory labour C29 (Art. 2(1) and (2))
Full-time worker affected by partial
unemployment
R182 (Para. 2(d))
Hazardous chemicals C170 (Art. 2(b))
Hazardous substance C174 (Art. 3(a))
Health C155 (Art. 3(e)); R164 (Para. 2(e))
Health service C161 (Art. 1(a))
Home trade vessel C22 (Art. 2(d))
Home work C177 (Art. 1(a)); R184 (Para. 1(a))
Hours of rest C180 (Art. 2(c))
Hours of work C30 (Art. 2); C51 (Art. 2(5)); C57 (Art. 2(d)); C61 (Art. 3(1)); C67 (Art. 4(a)); C76 and C93 (Art. 11(d)); C109 (Art. 12(d)); C153 (Art. 4); C172 (Art. 4(1)); C180 (Art. 2(b)); R161 (Para. 5); R179 (Para. 6); R187 (Para. 2(d))
Inconvenient hours R157 (Para. 30(d))
Indigenous worker C50 (Art. 2(b))
Industrial undertaking[10] C77 and C103 (Art. 1(2)); C128 and C130 (Art. 1(f)); R134 (Para. 1(e)); R131 (Para. 1(d))
Industrial undertaking[11] C1, C3, C4, C41, C5, C6, C14 and C59 (Art. 1(1)); C89 and C90 (Art. 1(1)); C121 (Art. 1(c)); R70 (Annex, Art. 46(c))
Insolvency C173 (Art. 1(1)); R180 (Para. 1(1))
Inspector C178 (Art. 1(7)(b))
Institution C157 (Art. 1(d))
Introduction R61 (Para. 1(1)(b)); R86 (Para. 1(c))
Labour administration C150 (Art. 1(a)); R158(Para. 1(a))
Landowner R132 (Para. 3)
Lands C169 (Art. 13(2))
Legal provisions[12] C81 (Art. 27); C129 (Art. 2); C178 (Art. 1(7)(c))
Legislation C118, C121 and C168 (Art. 1(a)); C128 and C130 (Art. 1(a)); C157 and C165 (Art. 1(b)); R121, R131, R134 and R176 (Para. 1(a)); R167 (Para. 1(b))
Length C126 (Art. 2(c))
Lifelong learning R195 (Para. 2(a))
Lifting appliance C152 (Art. 3(e)); C167 (Art. 2(h)); R160 (Para. 2(e)); R175 (Para. 2(i))
Lifting gear C167 (Art. 2(i)); R175 (Para. 2(j))
Lignite mines C31 (Art. 1(2)); C46 (Art. 1(2))
Long-service benefit R162 (Para. 20(e))
Loose gear C152 (Art. 3(f)); R160 (Para. 2(f))
Machinery C152 (Art. 13(7))
Major accident C174 (Art. 3(d))
Major hazard installation C174 (Art. 3(c))
Manual transport of loads C127 (Art. 1(a)); R128 (Para. 1(a))
Master C22 (Art. 2(c)); C23 (Art. 2(c)); C53 (Art. 2(a))
Mate C125 (Art. 3(b)); R126 (Para. 2(b))
Medical care C130 (Art. 1(k)); R134 (Para. 1(i))
Member C157 and C165 (Art. 1(a)); R167 (Para. 1(a))
Member of the family C157 (Art. 1(g)); R167 (Para. 1(e))
Migrant for employment R86 (Para. 1(a))
Migrant worker C97 and C143 (Art. 11(1)); R100 (Para. 2)
Mine C45 (Art. 1); C123, C124 and C176 (Art. 1(1)); R124 and R125 (Para 1(1))
National authorities R97 (Para. 19) (within federal States)
National laws or regulations[13] R97 (Para. 19) (in Federal States)
Navigating officer in charge of a watch C53 (Art. 2(b))
Near miss C174 (Art. 3(f))
Near trade ship C76 and C93 (Art. 11(a)); C109 (Art. 12(a))
Necessarily continuous operations
(in the context of glassworks)
C43 (Art. 1(2))
Night C4 (Art. 2(1)); C6 (Art. 3(1)); C20, C89 and C90 (Art. 2); C57 (Art. 11(2)); C60 (Art. 3(5)); C76 and C93 (Art. 19(2)); C109 (Art. 20); C180 (Art. 6); R70 (Annex, Art. 46(f)); R153 (Para. 4(1)(c))
Night work C171 (Art. 1(a)); R178 (Para. 1(a))
Night worker C171 (Art. 1(b)); R178 (Para. 1(b))
Noise C148 (Art. 3(b))
Non-contributory C165 (Art. 1(n)); C157 (Art. 1(j))
Non-industrial occupations C78 (Art. 1(2)); C79 (Art. 1(2)); C103 (Art. 1(3))
Normal hours of work C63 (Art. 14(4)); R116 (Para. 11); R157 (Para. 30(a))
Nursing personnel C149 (Art. 1(1)); R157 (Para. 1)
Occupation C111 (Art. 1(3)); R111 (Para. 1(3))
Occupational accidents C134 (Art. 1(3)); P155 (Art. 1(a)); R142 (Para. 1(b))
Occupational disease C18 and C42 (Art. 2 and Table); C130 (Art. 30(j)); P155 (Art. 1(b))
Occupational health service R112 (Para. 1)
Officer C57 (Art. 2(b)); C75 and C92 (Art. 2(d)), C76, C93 and C109 (Art. 4(a)); C126 and
C133 (Art. 2(d))
Old-age benefit R162 (Para. 20(b))
On-call duty R157 (Para. 30(c))
Organization C87 (Art. 10); C110 (Art. 69)
Other member of the immediate family
who needs care or support
R165 (Para. 1(3))
Overtime R157 (Para. 30(b)); R187 (Para. 2(e))
Paid educational leave C140 (Art. 1); R148 (Para. 1)
Part-time worker C175 (Art. 1(a)); R182 (Para. 2(a))
Passenger ship C75 and C92 (Art. 2(b)); C76 and C93 (Art. 11(c)); C109 (Art. 12(c)); C133 (Art. 2(c))
Period of insurance C157 (Art. 1(k))
Period of residence C157 (Art. 1(m))
Periods of employment and periods of occupational activity C157 (Art. 1(l))
Petty officer C75, C92 and C133 (Art. 2(f))
Placing R61 (Para. 1(1)(c)); R86 (Para. 1(d))
Plantation C110 and P110(Art. 1(1)); R110 (Para. 1(1)(3))
Prescribed C75 and C92 (Art. 2(h)); C118 (Art. 1(f)); C121, C128, C130 and C168 (Art. 1(b));
C126 (Art. 2(g)); C133 (Art. 2(i)); C102 (Art. 1(a)); R121, R131, R134 and R176 (Para. 1(b)); R162 (Para. 20(a))
Private employment agency C181 (Art. 1(1))
Processes C28 and C32 (Art. 1(1))
Processing of personal data of workers C181 (Art. 1(3))
Production worker R88 (Para. 1(b))
Public employee C151 (Art. 2 refers to Art. 1 for person employed by public authorities)
Public employees’ organisation C151 (Art. 3)
Qualifications R195 (Para. 2(c))
Qualifying period C102 (Art. 1(1)(f)); C128 and C130 (Art. 1(i)); R131 and R134 (Para. 1(g)); R162 (Para. 20(f))
Rating[14] C57 (Art. 2(c))
Rating[15] C75, C92, C126 and C133 (Art. 2(e)); C76, C93 and C109 (Art. 4(b))
Recruiting C50 (Art. 2(a))
Recruitment C110 (Art. 5); R61 (Para. 1(1)(a)); R86 (Para. 1(b))
Recruitment and placement service C179 (Art. 1(1)(b))
Refugee C118 (Art. 1(g)); C157 (Art. 1(e)); C165 (Art. 1(k)); R167 (Para. 1(c))
Registered C75 and C92 (Art. 2(j)); C126 (Art. 2(i)); C133 (Art. 2(k))
Regular manual transport of loads C127 (Art. 1(b)); R128 (Para. 1(b))
Regulations C64 [16](Art. 1(c)); C86[17] (Art. 1(c)); C155 (Art. 3(d)); R164 (Para. 2(d))
Remuneration C100 (Art. 1(a))
Repatriation C70 (Art. 1(1)(c)); 165 (Art. 1(i))
Representative organizations C144 (Art. 1); R152 (Para. 1)
Residence C102 (Art. 1(1)(b)); C118 (Art. 1(e)); C128 and C130 (Art. 1(d)); C157 (Art. 1(i)); C165 (Art. 1(g)); R134 (Para. 1(c)); R167 (Para. 1(g))
Resident C102 (Art. 1(1)(b)); C130 (Art. 1(d))
Respirable asbestos fibres C162 (Art. 2(d)); R172 (Para. 3(d))
Responsible person C152 (Art. 3(c)); R160 (Para. 2(c))
Retirement benefit R162 (Para. 20(c))
Road transport vehicle C67 (Art. 1(2))
Running time of the vehicle C67 (Art. 4(b))
Rural workers C141 (Art. 2(1)); R149 (Para. 2(1))
Safety report C174 (Art. 3(e))
Scaffold C167 (Art. 2(g)); R175 (Para. 2(h))
Seafarer[18] C163 (Art. 1(1)(a)); C164 and C166 (Art. 1(4)); C180 (Art. 2(d)); C185 (Art. 1(1)); R173 (Para. 1(1)(a)); R187 (Para. 2(f))
Seafarer[19] C70 and C163 (Art. 1(a)); C71 (Art. 1); C134 (Art. 1(1)); C145 (Art. 1(2)): with reference to national legislation; C146 (Art. 2(2)); C164 (Art. 1(4)); C165 (Art. 1(c)); C178 (Art. 1(7)(d)); C179 (Art. 1(1)(d)); C180 (Art. 2(d)); C185 (Art. 1(1)); R142 (Para. 1(a)); R154 (Para. 1(2)); R173 (Para. 1(a)); R187 (Para. 2(f))
Seafarers’ working and living conditions C178 (Art. 1(7)(e))
Seaman[20] C8 (Art. 1(1)); C9 (Art. 1); C22 (Art. 2(b)); C23 (Art. 2(b))
Semi-tribal C107 (Art. 1(2))
Ship[21] C52 (Art. 3(h)); C75 and C92 (Art. 2(b)); C133 (Art. 2(a)); C152 (Art. 3(h)); R160 (Para. 2(h))
Ship’s cook C69 (Art. 2)
Shipowner C179 (Art. 1(1)(c)); C180 (Art. 2(e)); R18 (Para. 2(g))
Sickness R134 (Para. 1(h))
Skilled fisherman R126 (Art. 2(d))
Skipper (or master)[22] C53 (Art. 2(a)); C125 (Art. 3(a)); R126 (Para. 2(a))
Standard beneficiary C130 (Art. 1(h))
Stateless person C118 (Art. 1(h)); C157 (Art. 1(f)); C165 (Art. 1(1)); R167 (Para. 1(d))
Structural change R122 (Para. 13(2))
Subsidiary work C67 (Art. 4(c))
Survivor C157 (Art. 1(h)); C165 (Art. 1(e)); R167 (Para. 1(f))
System of labour administration C150 (Art. 1(b)); R158 (Para. 1(b))
Technical education R57 (Para. 1(b))
Temporarily resident/temporary residence C157 (Art. 1(j)); C165 (Art. 1(h))
Termination (of employment) C158 (Art. 3); R166 (Para. 4)
Threshold quantity C174 (Art. 3(b))
Tip C172 (Art. 6(1))
Tons C57 (Art. 2(a)); C75, C92, C126 and C133 (Art. 2(b))
Trade C26 (Art. 1(2))
Use of chemicals at work C170 (Art. 2(c))
Vessel[23] C7 (Art. 1); C8 (Art. 1(2)); C15 (Art. 1); C16 (Art. 1); C22 (Art. 2(a)); C23 (Art. 2(a)); C58 (Art. 1); R70 (Annex, Art. 46 (e))
Vibration C148 (Art. 3(c))
Vocational guidance R87 (Para. 1(1)); R150 (Para. 2(1))
Vocational rehabilitation R99 (Para. 1(a))
Vocational training R57 and R88 (Para. 1(a))
Welfare facilities and services C163 (Art. 1(b)); R173 (Para. 1(b))
Widow C102 (Art. 1(1)(d)); C128 (Art. 1(g)); R131 (Para. 1(e))
Wife C102 (Art. 1(1)(c)); C128 (Art. 1(f)); C130 (Art. 1(f)); R131 (Para. 1(d)); R134 (Para. 1(e))
Woman C3 (Art. 2); C103 (Art. 2); C110 (Art. 46); C183 (Art. 1)
Worker Dockworker: C28 and C32 (Art. 1(2)). Indigenous: C64 (Art. 1(a)); C86 (Art. 1(a)).
C152 (Art. 3(a)); C155 (Art. 3(b)); C162 (Art. 2(f)); C167 (Art. 2(d)); C181 (Art. 1(2)); R160 (Para. 2(a)); R164 (Para. 2(b)); R175 (Para. 2(d)); R172 (Para. 3(f))
Worker[24] C31 (Art. 2); C46 (Art. 2)
Workers concerned, the C172 (Art. 2(1)); R179 (Para. 3)
Workers’ representatives C135 (Art. 3); C162 (Art. 2(g)); C170 (Art. 2(f)), C171 (Art. 10(2)); R143 (Para. 2);
R166 (Para. 20(3)); R175 (Para. 2(e)); R179 (Para. 7(2)); R172 (Para. 3(g)) – persons recognized as such by national law or practice but defined in accordance with C135
Workers’ representatives concerned C158 (Art. 13(3)); R166 (Para. 20(3))
Workplace C155 (Art. 3(c)); C167 (Art. 2(c)); R164 and R175 (Para. 2(c))
Worst forms of child labour, the C182 (Art. 3)
Year C132 (Art. 4(2)); C146 (Art. 4(2))
Young seafarers R153 (Para. 2(1))
Young worker C127 (Art. 1(c)); R128 (Para. 1(c))

[1] In French: établissement.
[2] In French: enterprises.
[3] In French: indemnité.
[4] In French: prestation.
[5] In French: personne à charge.
[6] In French: personne à la charge des gens de mer.
[7] In French: invalide.
[8] In French: personne handicapée.
[9] In French: force majeure.
[10] In French: enterprises industrielles.
[11] In French: établissement industrielles.
[12] In French: dispositions légales.
[13] In French: legislation.
[14] In French: personnel subalterne.
[15] In French: personnel.
[16] In French: dispositions légales.
[17] In French: dispositions légales.
[18] In French: marin.
[19] In French: gens de mer.
[20] In French: marin.
[21] In French: navire, here as on every usage of the term “ship”.
[22] In French: patron.
[23] In French: navire, here as on every usage of the term “vessel”.
[24] In French: ouvrier.