APPLICABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) STANDARD IN DETERMINATION OF CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA

Contract of employment like most of contracts typically provide means for its determination. However, given the vantage position which the employer occupies as against the employee under the principles of freedom of contract, the fate and tenure of an employee in a contract of employment is left exclusively at the mercy of the employer. These unchecked powers to determine the contract of employment by the employer most times result in great injustice to the employee. This situation has led the International Labour Organisation to develop and adopt international standards in the termination of contract of employment as a means of regulating the hitherto unchecked powers of the employer. Organisation Standards in Determination of Contract of Employment in Nigeria. This research examines the application of the International Labour