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Sindh Child Employment Act 2017 Summary

The document outlines restrictions on the employment of children and adolescents, stating that children cannot be employed in any occupation, while adolescents can only work under specific conditions, including a fitness certificate. It also details the working hours for adolescents, limiting them to 5 hours per day in factories and 7 hours in other establishments, with additional regulations on overtime and shift changes. Furthermore, adolescents are prohibited from working at night and cannot work in more than one establishment per day.

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Sindh Child Employment Act 2017 Summary

The document outlines restrictions on the employment of children and adolescents, stating that children cannot be employed in any occupation, while adolescents can only work under specific conditions, including a fitness certificate. It also details the working hours for adolescents, limiting them to 5 hours per day in factories and 7 hours in other establishments, with additional regulations on overtime and shift changes. Furthermore, adolescents are prohibited from working at night and cannot work in more than one establishment per day.

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Question -1 : What are the restrictions on employment of

children and adolescents?

Answer: Restrictions on employment of children and


adolescents -
1) No child Shall be employed or permitted to work in any
occupation or establishment.
2) No adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any
occupation or establishment, unless-
a) a certificate of fitness in the form prescribed by rules,
and granted to him by a registered medical practitioner is in
the custody of the employer and
b) he carries, while at work, a token containing a reference
to such certificate.
3) Nothing of sub-section (2) shall apply to the employment of
any adolescent in any occupation or establishment either as an
apprentice or for receiving vocational training.
4) The Government may, if it thinks that an emergency exists
and it is necessary in the public interest, by notification in the
official Gazette, suspend the application of sub-section (2) for
such period as may be specified training.
Question -2 : What are the working hours for adolescents?

Answer : Working hour for adolescent-


1) No adolescent shall be allowed to work in any factory or mine
for more than 5 (five) hours in any day and 30 (thirty) hours in
any week.
2) No adolescent shall be allowed to work in any other
establishment for more than 7 (seven) hours in any day and 42
(forty-two) hours in a week.
3) No adolescent shall be allowed to work in any establishment
between 7.00 pm in the evening and 7:00 am in the morning.
4) If an adolescent works overtime, the total number of hours
worked including overtime shall not exceed- a) in any factory or
mine, 36 (thirty-six) hours in a week; b) in any other
establishment, 48 (forty-eight) hours in a week.
5) The period of work of an adolescent employed in an
establishment shall be limited to 2 (two) shifts, and the period of
any shift shall not exceed more than 7.5 (seven and a half)
hours.
6) An adolescent may be employed in one relay only and this
shall not, except with the previous permission, in writing, of the
Inspector, be changed more than once in a period of 30 (thirty)
days.
7) The provisions relating to weekly holidays under this Act
shall apply also to the adolescent workers and the operation of
this provision shall not be suspended in respect of the adolescent
workers.
8) No adolescent shall be allowed to work in more than one
establishment in a day.

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