Child Labour

Children and adolescents

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Constitution of Bangladesh, all Bangladeshis under the age of 18 (18) are considered as children and children under the age of 14 (18) are considered as adolescents. It is considered child labor for a child under the age of fourteen (14) to be employed or employed in productive work without the written permission of his family during school hours. Or child labor refers to the time spent on child labor directly in productive work and indirectly in domestic labor. June 12 is World Child Labor Prevention Day.

What garment owners should do to eliminate child labor:

Periodically withdrawing children from the garment industry

Establish special schools for children

Utilizing adult family members of children

Arranging special scholarships for children

Take special care, guidance and precautionary measures

Principles of the Charter of the Rights of the Child:

Non-discrimination

Protect the best interests of the child

It is the responsibility of the parents to uphold the rights of the child

Demonstrate respect for children's opinions

Child labor in Bangladesh:

At that age the child was supposed to have books and pencils in his hand but instead the child is being forced to go in search of work to provide his own food. A class of greedy vested interests make all these children work by taking advantage of the weakness of poverty. Because the value of the labor of these children is very insignificant. Textiles and garments, print and embroidery, garments, leather industry, footwear and brick factories are some of the sectors in Bangladesh where child labor is most prevalent. Many children are still working in garments hiding their age. According to the US Department of Labor, Bangladesh ranks second in the world in the production of goods through the use of child labor. India is in the first place and the Philippines is in the third place.

Child labor policy

Children: There are some differences in determining the age of a child in different countries due to differences in socio-economic status, differences in culture and values, differences in nature and environment. Again in the same country there are differences in determining the age of the child due to the type of work and the work environment. For example, according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), all human children under the age of 18 are considered children, unless under the law applicable to children, a child is considered an adult before the age of 18. According to ILO Convention 138, a human child under the age of 15 shall be called a child but a human child under the age of 18 shall be called a child in hazardous work. According to the Bangladesh Labor Act 2006, those who have not reached the age of 14 are called children.

Child labor

All workers employed below the age prescribed by customary law are child laborers. According to the consensus of experts, child labor is physically, mentally and morally detrimental to the child in all areas, both institutional and non-institutional.

The garment industry is a labor intensive industry. There is a lot of work pressure in the factory for lead time management in the production process. As a result, the authorities believe that the employment of child laborers in this industry will not be conducive to the mental development of the child, which is applicable to all children irrespective of race, religion and caste.

For this, at the initial stage of the recruitment process, the officers of the Human Resources Department through the national identity card and birth registration of the candidates coming for the job.

• After the selection, the age of the candidate is determined by the registered physician to ensure the age of the candidate.

• In some cases the authorities accept the test pass certificate to prove the age of the candidate.

• If it is ever proved that there are child and juvenile workers in this organization, then the authority is committed to follow all the rules and regulations as mentioned below.

• No juvenile worker can work more than thirty hours a day for five hours a day.

• No juvenile worker may be allowed to work more than twenty hours a week for a total of 6 hours a week, including an additional two hours daily.

• No work can be done with any juvenile worker between 6:00 pm and 8:00 am.

• The work time of a juvenile worker should be limited to two shifts, and the shift time limit should be more than seven and a half hours.

• No juvenile worker can work in more than one company on the same day.

• No juvenile workers can be made to work underground or under water.

• The procedure prescribed by the rules is to show a notice regarding the working hours of the juvenile mentioning the specified time of his work.

• No matter what is in the rules, no work can be given to improve their health and hinder their education.

• If a juvenile worker goes to school, his / her working hours should be fixed in such a way that his / her schooling is not disrupted.

• All provisions of this chapter, applicable to juvenile workers, shall, as far as possible, apply to such child laborers.

Children are the future leaders of the country. In order to take the nation forward on the path of prosperity, it is necessary to take and implement the overall development activities of children on priority basis. Respecting the Bangladesh National Child Policy, the authorities discourage the recruitment of child laborers at all times.

• Disadvantages of child labor

  Children can be crippled if they are subjected to heavy work by child labor

More risky or dangerous work can cause mental retardation in the child

Children are neglected due to low wages

Destroys the image of the country in the outside world

Niman's salary and high quality work do not maintain the quality of work

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