Bolivia: Code of Children and Adolescents Amended to Allow Ten-Year Olds to Work
(July 8, 2014) On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Código del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will...
View ArticleIndia: Cabinet Has Approved Amendments to Child Labor Law
(May 20, 2015) On April 14, 2015, India’s Union Cabinet approved amendments to the child labor law among which is the inclusion of an exception that would allow minors, which the law defines as...
View ArticleNetherlands: New Minimum Wage
(July 14, 2016) The gross minimum wage for full-time workers age 23 and older in the Netherlands increased to €1,537.20 (about US$1,698) per month on July 1, 2016. (Statutory Minimum Wage as of 1 July...
View ArticleItaly: New Legislation Regulating the Audiovisual Sector
(Jan. 26, 2018) On December 28, 2017, three new Legislative Decrees (L.D.s) regulating the film and audiovisual sector were published in Italy, with an effective date of December 1, 2018. (L.D. No. 202...
View ArticleInternational Labor Organization: Child Labor Convention Ratified by All ILO...
(Oct. 1, 2020) On August 4, 2020, the International Labor Organization (ILO) announced that Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour had been ratified by all countries that are parties to...
View ArticleFrance: Parliament Adopts Law to Protect Child "Influencers" on Social Media
(Oct. 30, 2020) On October 19, 2020, French president Emmanuel Macron promulgated a new law on the commercial use of images of children under 16 years old on online platforms. This law, which was...
View ArticleInternational: Former Child Workers Sue Chocolate Companies Alleging Forced...
(Mar. 4, 2021) On February 12, 2021, the Washington, D.C.-based nongovernmental organization International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of eight former...
View ArticleKuwait: Manpower Authority Issues Decree to Regulate Work Permits
(Mar. 19, 2021) On January 11, 2021, the director general of the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Manpower issued Decree No. 27 of 2021 on Rules and Procedures for GrantingWork Permits. The purpose of the...
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