Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Estonia (Ratification: 2007)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments initially made in 2014.

Repetition

Article 9(3). Keeping of registers of the Convention. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s reference to section 31 of the Taxation Act which states that a withholding agent has the obligation to withhold tax and to pay the withheld amount of tax. The Government report indicates that, in the context of labour relations, the withholding agent is the employer and hence the employer can distinguish all persons under 18 years whom they employ. Recalling that, pursuant to Article 9(3) of the Convention, documents shall be kept and made available by the employer, containing the names and ages of persons whom he/she employs or who work for him/her and who are less than 18 years of age, the Committee requests the Government to indicate if the employer keeps a register of such information related to persons under 18 years of age working for him/her, and if such registers are made available to labour inspectors.