Under Age Employment

renusuman
Dear Seniors,
Could you please share me the document-act for provisions of employing workers below the age of 18 years to a corporate company? what are the regulations to be followed to employ below 18 years labours? kind regards renu
umakanthan53
Dear Renusuman,

No blanket answer can be given to your question because a "Corporate Company" can be a composite organization; its administrative offices, direct sales emporia coming under the Shops and Estt.Act and its manufacturing or processing units can be covered by the Factories Act,1948. A person below the age of 18 years can be a child or a young person/adolescent. Regarding the definition of child, there is no uniformity among the various legislations in force. For example, when the Factories Act,1948 defines a child as a person having not completed the age of 15 years while the Child Labour( Prohibition and Regulation ) Act, 1986 defines the same as a person not completed the age of 14 years.[ due to my own doubt as to the present stage of the Amendment Bill 2012, I refrain from refering to it ]. While the term adolescent is defined u/s2(b) of the Factories Act as a person completed 15 years of age but not18 years, the term is not defined under the CLPR Act.However, the CLPR Act,1986 prohibits employment of a child in 18 occupations and 65 processes and regulates the conditions of working of children in other occupations/processes. So, my suggestion to you is to refer to the specific establishment- related Act applicable to the particular unit/branch of the Corporate Company and ascertain the restrictions,if any about the employment of below 18 years workers, maximum no. of working hours/day, overtime work etc.
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