Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Togo (Ratification: 1984)

In its report, the Government states that the minimum age for admission to employment is set by the Labour Code. The Committee hopes that the Government will take measures as soon as possible to bring the legislation into conformity with the Convention on the following points, which were raised previously by the Committee.

Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Convention. The Committee recalls that the minimum age for admission to employment or work applies to all types of employment, including activities carried out by the persons concerned on their own account. The Committee notes that the provisions of section 114, in conjunction with section 2 of the Labour Code, which prohibit work for young persons of 14 years of age and under, apply only to work performed for, and under the direction of an employer. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been taken or are envisaged to ensure that no person under the specified minimum age is admitted to employment or work in any occupation.

Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 3. According to the information provided by the Government previously, the employment of young persons above the age of 16 in activities which by their nature or the circumstances in which they are carried out are likely to jeopardize the health, safety or morals of young persons, is subject to special authorization from the labour inspector who will supervise their protection. The Committee recalls that the employment of young persons aged 16 and over in such activities may be authorized by national laws or regulations or the competent authority, after consultation with employers' and workers' organizations and on condition that the health, safety and morals of the young persons concerned are fully protected and that they have received adequate specific vocational training in the relevant branch of activity. It requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been taken to bring the legislation into conformity with the Convention on this point, by ensuring that consultations are held with the organizations concerned and that the conditions referred to above are implemented.