Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

In its previous comments, the Committee has been drawing the Government’s attention to the need to revise section 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Employment of Children and Young Persons Act so as to limit the exceptions provided thereunder to the cases allowed by Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. It noted the Government’s indication in the report that very few exceptions, if any, are made under this Act and adequate supervision is provided by the competent authority where necessary.

The Committee hopes that measures will be taken in the near future to bring the legislation into conformity both with the Convention and the practice that the Government refers to. It asks the Government to indicate any progress made in this regard, and also to supply information on the application in practice of the Employment of Children and Young Persons Act, and in particular its section 6(2)(b) and (c), providing, for instance, extracts from official reports, details of inspection visits made, contraventions reported and sanctions imposed, in accordance with Part V of the report form.