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 Third Session on 25 October 1921, and
Having decided upon the adoption of a proposal with regard to the protection of agricultural workers against sickness, invalidity and old age, which is included in the fourth item of the agenda of the Session, and
Having decided that this proposal shall take the form of a Recommendation,
adopts the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Social Insurance (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1921, to be submitted to the Members of the International Labour Organisation for consideration with a view to effect being given to it by national legislation or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation:
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation recommends:
That each Member of the International Labour Organisation extend its laws and regulations establishing systems of insurance against sickness, invalidity, old age and other similar social risks to agricultural wage-earners on conditions equivalent to those prevailing in the case of workers in industrial and commercial occupations.
