Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Niger (Ratification: 1978)

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Article 3(3) of the Convention. Authorization to employ children in hazardous types of work as from the age of 16 years. The Committee notes the Government’s indication, in response to its previous comments, that occupational safety and health committees ensure that the work undertaken by young persons between the ages of 16 and 18 years is in conformity with the legal requirements set out in the legislation, including Decree No. 67-126/MFP/T of 7 September 1967 authorizing the employment of children aged over 16 years in certain types of work. The Committee requests the Government to provide specific information on the measures adopted to ensure that occupational safety and health committees and occupational safety and health delegates in enterprises ensure that the conditions of the work undertaken by young persons between the ages of 16 and 18 years are not prejudicial to their health and safety, in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Convention. In this regard, it once again requests the Government to provide information on the establishment of occupational safety and health committees and occupational safety and health delegates.