Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

Other comments on C138

Observation

Direct Request

Replies received to the issues raised in a direct request which do not give rise to further comments

2021

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Article 7 of the Convention. Light work. The Committee previously noted that section 249(2) of the Labour Code allows youths who have reached the age of 14 to work after school hours in light work, which poses no hazard to their health, and upon the written consent of their parents. It also noted that the draft amendments to the labour law proposed to amend section 249(2) of the Labour Code to state that persons between 15 and 16 years of age are allowed to do light work that does not affect their health and development, school attendance in compulsory secondary education, vocational guidance and other training programmes, or the opportunity to benefit therefrom. The Government also indicated that the labour law was being amended in order to identify types of light work activities permitted to children between 15 and 16 years of age.

The Committee notes the Government’s indication, in its report, that section 249(2) of the Labour Code has not been amended as previously stated but, instead, has been deleted by a referendum held on 18 March 2009. It therefore notes that there appears to be no more provisions in the national legislation to authorize light work for children below the age of 16 years, under certain circumstances. The Committee therefore requests the Government to indicate whether its legislation provides for the possibility for children below the minimum age to work in light work, as permitted by Article 7 of the Convention.