Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Belarus (Ratification: 1979)

Further to its previous observation, the Committee notes that the provisions of section 21 of the Rights of the Child Act, in its final form, are in line with the provisions of section 173 of the Labour Code in its December 1992 version: they permit the conclusion of a work contract with a person of 14 years of age or older subject to the written consent of a parent or persons acting in loco parentis; persons of 16 years of age or older can conclude such a contract independently. The provision contained in an earlier version of the Rights of the Child Act allowing the employment of children from the age of 12 under certain conditions, which would have contravened the minimum ages set forth by the Convention, was thus replaced by the above-mentioned provisions.

The Committee is also addressing a direct request to the Government concerning certain points.