Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1988, published 75th ILC session (1988)

Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. In previous comments, the Committee had noted that the exceptions contained in section 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Employment of Children and Young Persons Act, 1963, which allows children under 15 years of age to be employed on light ancillary tasks in relation to an industrial undertaking and on light work for purposes of training, go beyond those permitted by Article 2, paragraph 2, and Article 3 of the Convention. The Government had stated that the above-mentioned Act had been overtaken by other legislation and, with the coming into force of the new Education Act, persons under 16 were no longer found working or training in industrial undertakings.

The Committee notes with interest from the Government's last report that the Labour Advisory Council, in reviewing all labour legislation, has been made responsible for taking account of the Committee's comments. It hopes that in the course of the revision of the labour legislation, the Government will find it possible to bring section 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Employment of Children and Young Persons Act, 1963, fully into conformity with the Convention and the present national practice, and that in its next report it will indicate the progress made in this connection.