Eliminating child labour. Guides for the employers

This package, which consists of three practical guides, is designed to help businesses and their organizations understand and take action against child labour. They provide ideas, advice and examples for the prevention of child labour, the withdrawal of child from work and the protection of young workers from hazardous conditions. The guides deal with: Introduction to the issue of child labour; How employers can eliminate child labour; The role of employers organizations' in combating child labour.

Employers and Child Labour is designed to help businesses and their organizations understand and take action against child labour. The three practical guides provide ideas, advice and examples for the prevention of child labour, the withdrawal of children from work and the protection of young workers from hazardous conditions.

The package will be a key resource for the executives, directors and managers of employers' organizations and other business associations that wish to engage on this important and sensitive issue.

The guides focus on developing countries and provide examples of enterprises and employers organizations that have taken concrete action, either by themselves or in cooperation with the International Labour Organization, donors and other local, national and international organizations.

The first guide provides definitions, an explanation of the causes and the consequences of child labour, and the rationale for why enterprises should not employ children. In short, it provides an understanding of the issues.

The two subsequent guides explain what can be done about child labour from the business point of view. Guide Two is addressed to enterprises and explains their options and possible strategies for eliminating child labour. Guide Three is about the collective role that employers' organizations and other business associations can play in helping their members on this important topic.