Sri Lanka to raise minimum age of employment to 16
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COLOMBO, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka plans to pass a legislation raising the country's minimum age of employment to 16, state media reported Wednesday.
A parliamentary debate on the second reading of proposed amendments to a number of acts, which would raise the minimum working age from 14 to 16, received support from the opposition on Tuesday, the report said, quoting Minister of Labor Nimal Siripala De Silva.
The minister said that the amendments are in line with the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour which has been signed and ratified by Sri Lanka.
De Silva said that exceptions will be made for parents to employ their children in cultivation of fields and home gardens after school hours. According to the minister, around one percent of Sri Lanka's children are employed as child labor. Enditem
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