PPT On child labour policy

1. CHILD LABOUR –
Acts, Dos and Don’ts

2. Who is a Child ?
• Someone who is below 14 years of age is called Child.
• Adolescent – age between 14 to 18 years
What is Child Labour ?
International Labour Organisation (ILO) defines the term child labour as, “ work
that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that
is harmful to physical and mental development. It refers to work that is mentally,
physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children, or work whose
schedule interferes with their ability to attend their regular school or work that
affects in any manner their ability to focus during school or experience a healthy
childhood.”

3. What is Child Work? and what is Child Labour?
CHILD WORK CHILD LABOUR
Children’s or adolescents participation
in any type of work that is not
harmful to their health and personal
development and that does not
interfere with schooling
Child work that is mentally, physically,
socially or morally dangerous and
harmful to children that interferes with
their schooling

4. Child work
• No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation or
process unless the child helps his family or family enterprise which is
other than any hazardous occupations or processes, after his school
hours or during vacations.
• Adolescents ( 14 – 18 years ) – can engage in work as long as it is
not hazardous
• Children ( below 14 years ) – can help only under certain conditions

5. Continued…….
Children ( below 14 years ) Adolescent ( 14-18 years )
• Maximum 3 hours in a day
• Help can not be done during
night time
• Shall not include work or
process that is remunerative
for the child or his family
• Maximum 6 hours a day
including one hour of rest
after 3 hours
• Can only work on one field in
a day
• Can only work between 8am
to 7pm
• Mandatory weekly day off

6. 5 Types of Hazardous works for children
1. Work with dangerous machinery, equipment and tools or which
involves manual handling or transport of heavy loads.
2. Work in an unhealthy environment which may expose children to
hazardous substances like pesticides.
3. Work under particularly difficult conditions e.g-in the heat, for long
hours or during the night.
4. Work under ground, under water, at dangerous heights, or in
confined spaces.
5. Work which exposes children to physical, psychological, or sexual
abuse.

7. Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
1986.
• Any Person who violates the law can be punished
with Jail time of between 6 months to 2 years and/or
fine between Rs. 20000 and 50000

8. Who to Report a case of Child Labour
• PENCiL portal
• Child line India Foundation helpline: call 1098
• Near by Police station
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

9. THANK YOU