ILO Convention No. 110 (and Protocol, 1982) aims to expedite the application of certain provisions of existing Conventions to plantations. Convention No. 110 regulates the employment of plantation workers on plantations situated in the tropical or subtropical regions where certain specified crops are cultivated or produced for commercial purposes. The Convention comprises 14 parts that deal with the following subjects: General provisions (scope of the Convention). Engagement and recruitment of migrant workers (granting of licences to recruiters, supervision of recruitment by a public officer, medical examination, transport and welfare of the recruited workers). Contracts of employment (maximum duration of contract one to three years according to circumstances) and abolition of penal sanctions in case of breach of contract by a worker. Wages (methods of fixing minimum wages, regular payment of wages, protection of wages, information for workers, implementation and records). Annual holidays with pay (determination of the minimum period of continuous service providing entitlement to holidays and their duration, proportionate holiday in the case of a shorter period of service, amount of remuneration due). Weekly rest (normally at least 24 consecutive hours in every period of seven days). Maternity protection (maternity leave of at least 12 weeks, six of which after confinement, a qualifying period of not more than 150 days of employment, medical and cash benefits, insurance contributions, nursing during working hours, protection against dismissal). Workers compensation (equality of treatment for foreign workers and National workers). Right to organize and collective bargaining (right to organize, conciliation machinery and procedures, protection against acts of anti-union discrimination, adequate protection for employers and workers organi zations against acts of interference by each other or each other's agents). Freedom of association (the right of workers and employers to establish organizations, federations or confederations of their own choosing, and to affiliate to them and to international organizations). Labour inspection (functions of the inspection system, status of inspectors, facilities for the service, powers and obligations of the inspectors, submission of periodical inspection reports and enforcement measures). Housing (minimum standards, application). Medical care (determination of the standards applicable to medical services and measures for the eradication or control of prevalent endemic diseases). Final provisions :To ratify the Convention, a Member State shall comply with, in addition to the general provisions (Part I) and the final provisions (Part XIV), Part IV (Wages), Part IX (Right to organize and collective bargaining) and Part XI (Labour inspection), and at least two of the nine remaining parts