Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Cuba (Ratification: 1975)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its last report in reply to the Committee's previous comments.

Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee recalls that in its earlier comments it pointed out that section 225 of the Labour Code prohibits the employment of young persons under the age of 18 years only on work underground or work handling substances that may affect their general health or development and that such provision is not broad enough to cover all types of employment or work likely to jeopardise the health, safety or morals of young persons, as required by the Convention. In its reply, the Government indicates that in practice section 225 of the Code is used to prohibit other types of jobs likely to jeopardise the health, safety or morals of young persons. The Committee therefore hopes that the Government will be able to reflect this practice by revising accordingly the content of section 225 of the Labour Code so as to prohibit the employment of persons under the age of 18 years on all types of employment or work which by their nature or the circumstances in which they are carried out are likely to jeopardise their health, safety or morals.

Article 3, paragraph 3. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government which does not indicate, however, the specific measures taken or envisaged to ensure the health, safety and morals of young persons under the age of 17 years employed on certain dangerous or arduous jobs. Please indicate also whether such persons have received adequate specific instruction or vocational training in the relevant branch of activity.

Point V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to supply the information on the practical application of legislation giving effect to the Convention, including statistics on the inspections made, the violations noted and the sanctions imposed, as called for in this point of the report form.