Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report: Chile

摘要

Developing countries whose economy and educational facilities are insufficiently developed may initially specify a minimum legal working age of 14 when ratifying the convention, and may reduce from 13 to 12 years the minimum age for light work. There is no explicit definition of light work in Convention 138, other than it not be likely to harm the health or development of young persons, and that it not prejudice their attendance at school, their participation in vocational orientation or training programs approved by the competent authority, or their capacity to benefit from the instruction received.