What is an Anti-Child Labour Policy?
Anti-Child Labor Policy is a document that lays out Company's policy regarding not offering employment to a child and describes safeguards for young workers.
According to International Labour Organisation (ILO), Child Labour represents any forms of work that disrupt the healthy development of a child. Child labour can limit or damage the physical, mental, social or psychological development of children and undermine a child’s right to childhood, development and education. A well governed organisation has clear policy regarding non-employment of child for any work in the organization.
Most countries in the world have laws that prevent organizations from employing child and mandate organizations to have a clearly stated policy in this regard. This template can be used for implementing this policy in your organization.
A high-quality draft covers, among other things, the following matters:
- Policy Statement
- Applicability to various stakeholders i.e. employees, contractors, vendors, and suppliers
- Child Labour Prohibition
- Compliance with Laws
- Training to various stakeholders
- Reporting Mechanism for any suspected violations
- Consequences of Violations
- Review and Update
