Child Labour
The term ‘child labourer’ is considered equivalent to the term “working child” or “employed child.” Child labour basically refers to work that:
is mentally, physically, socially, or morally dangerous and harmful to children; and/or
interferes with a child’s ability to attend and participate in school fully by obliging them to leave school prematurely; or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work.
Definition of Child Labour:
1. According to the Article 24 of the Constitution of India, child labourer may be defined as a person who is below the age of 14 years and is working for an earning. According to Article 24, “no child below 14 years of age shall be employed to work in any factory or any hazardous employment.”
2. According to The Concerned for Working Children (CWC) of Bangalore, a child labourer is “a person who has not completed his/her fifteenth year of age and is working with or without wages/income on a part-time or a full-time basis.”
3. According to Home Folk, “Child labour is any work by children that interferes with their full physical development, their opportunities for a desirable minimum of education or their physical and mental health.”
4. The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines child labourers as, “children permanently leading an ardent life, working long hours under conditions bad for their physical and mental health.”
5. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986, states “Child means a person who has not completed 14 years of age.” Persons below that age are not supposed to work for monetary or non-monetary rewards, for it is prohibited as per the provisions of this Act.
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