Child labour shall not be permitted. A child is defined as a person aged less than 14 years even if the local legal minimum is lower. (Ref. ILO Convention 138 and its accompanying Recommendation 146 on child labour as well as ILO Convention 182 and its accompanying Convention 190 on the worst forms of child labour).
Exceptions to this are permitted only in cases of children working with their families, or at times of harvest season. However the education of a child must not be jeopardised by work. Children should receive equal pay to that of adults for equivalent work. In any case, no child shall be permitted to work at night or in hazardous conditions.