Estimed Representatives of the Terra nations,
let me respond to the Kanjorian ambassador showing the
Underage Employment Regulatory Text with which Istalia regulated the matters and let me introduce you the part of the text on limitations and safeguards for minors involved in the workplace:
- Only minors who are at least 14 years can enter into working world, but when it is cultural, artistic, sports, advertising and entertainment industry working activities, minors of 14 years old can work but only with the written consent of the parents and with the authorization of the National Labour Inspectorate.
- Minors can not perform jobs that potentially could arrest the full physical development
- Minors can not perform jobs classified as dangerous and high intensive.
- Minors can not perform jobs classified as high responsibility.
- To minors is prohibited carry out the work at night from 23 to 7 o' clock unless it is a cultural, artistic or sports activity and the work does not exceed midnight, but exceptionally and for the strictly necessary time, they can be used for night work in cases of force majeure which hinder the operation of the company, provided that such work is temporary and does not allow any delay, adult workers are not available and are granted equivalent compensatory rest periods within three weeks. The employer must also give immediate notice to the National Labour Ispectorate.
- Minors must be guaranteed a rest period of at least two days a week, if possible consecutive and including Sunday. The minimum rest period may be reduced for justified technical and organizational order, but in no case be less than 36 consecutive hours. The rest periods may be interrupted in the case of activities involving periods of split or short duration work in the day.
It also foresees the possibility to grant the weekly rest also on different days from Sunday to minors employed in working activities of cultural, artistic, sports or advertising or in the entertainment industry as well, with exclusive reference to adolescents, in tourism, hospitality or catering.
- To be able to start to work the teenager has to undergo a medical check before to begin and to regular check during the work period.
- Maximum workingtime 8 hours/day for those minors which have finished their school courses gaining a professional degree.
- Maximum workingtime 6 hours/day for those with no professional degree.
- Maximum workingtime 6 hours/week for those involved in school-working world cooperation programs.
- The job, if out of schooling programs, shall not interfere with school courses and with the child right to the study, but these minors can follow home schooling at the request of the parents and with the consent of the National Inspectorate of Education.
- The provisions of the UERT does not apply to teenagers (>14) employees in occasional or short-term jobs concerning domestic service in the family and performance of work not harmful or detrimental or dangerous in family businesses.
(OOC: sorry if you in the original text you'll find some errors, I paste and copy the several articles and I forgot to do some changement for the bill
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As already explained by the Zardugal's ambassador, a thing is the exploitation of child labour, another thing is a resonable, intelligent and pragmatic way to deal with such a matter, a way which, as you can read, protect the minors and protect their right to the study.
But furthermore, this regulations doesn't force the minors to work but determine in what cases they can work and with what kind of conditions.
We don't think that this text encourages the exploitation of the child labour, the allowed cases are very far from child of few years obliged to work in a mine or into a factory.
However, Istalia would be glad to cooperate to join an international moratorium against the exploitation of the child labour.