Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1981)

The Committee notes the adoption of the Labour Code (Act No. 185 of 30 October 1996). It notes with interest that the minimum age for employment (14 years) under its section 131 now covers all sectors falling within the scope of the Code, instead of only the industrial undertakings as in the previous Labour Code.

The Committee notes that the Government's report contains no other information than the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the ILO concerning IPEC (International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour) of which a copy is attached. In the absence of any concrete response to its previous direct request, the Committee asks the Government to reply to the points it is raising in a direct request, concerning also the new Labour Code.