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Définitions de CHILD LABOUR en anglais sur le Web :

• Employment of children under the age of physical maturity in jobs requiring long hours. In industrialized countries, where laws can be effectively enforced, few persons under the age of 15 are now permitted to work, except on farms or in family enterprises. The laws are not always effectively enforced, however.
  www.embassy.org.nz/encycl/c2encyc.htm

 

• ILO’s Convention No. 138 on the minimum age, specifies a minimum age of 15 years. Some countries have a higher level eg China which has the minimum age of 16 years.
  www.flygt.com/209289.asp

 

• Children under fifteen years of age are made to do work that is physically or mentally harmful, and interrupts their education and social development.
  www.apheda.org.au/campaigns/burma_schools_kit/resources/1074040257_16812.html

 

• Child labour or labor is the phenomenon of children in employment.In some countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age works, except for some household chores and of course school work. An employer is often not allowed to hire a child below a certain age. This minimum age depends on the country.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour