Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Antigua and Barbuda (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to its comments. It hopes that the next report will include full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 2, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention. The Committee notes with interest that the National Labour Board has agreed to amend section E(2) of the Labour Code so as to define a "child" as a person under the age of 16 years and that a draft amendment has been prepared for submission to the competent authorities. It hopes that it will also be possible to amend the Labour Code to extend the provisions on the employment of children to work or employment performed outside an employment relationship, in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention, and that the next report will indicate the progress made in this respect.

Article 4, paragraph 2. The Committee has noted that the Department of Labour has decided to seek a legal opinion on the exclusions which appear to have been made in the Government's first report. It hopes that the next report will indicate the developments in this regard.

Article 9, paragraph 3. The Committee again requests the Government to supply a model of the register prescribed by section E6(1) of the Labour Code.