Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Mongolia (Ratification: 2002)

Article 3(1) and (2) of the Convention. Hazardous work and determination of types of hazardous work. The Committee takes note with interest of the adoption of the list of hazardous jobs prohibited for minors under the age of 18, adopted by Annex to Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Protection No. A/122 of 10 June 2022. It observes that the list contains both conditions of work prohibited to minors (e.g. work that exposes children to coercion or force, to moral hazards, violence or toxic substances), as well as the types of prohibited jobs by sector (agriculture; livestock production; hunting; forestry; fishing; mining; construction; manufacture; water and waste management; home and health care services; cleaning services; trade and commerce; and entertainment). The Committee requests that the Government provide information on the application in practice of the Order containing the list of hazardous types of work prohibited to children under the age of 18 years, including statistics on the number and nature of violations reported and penalties imposed.

Article 9(1). Penalties. The Committee notes that, according to section 165.1 of the revised Labour Law of 2021, a person or legal entity responsible for violating regulations set by this Law shall be liable under the Criminal Code and the Law on Violations. The Committee requests the Government to indicate which provisions of the Criminal Code and of the Law on Violations contain the penalties imposed in case of violation of the provisions of the revised Labour Law pertaining to the employment of minors (in particular sections 142 and 143), and to provide information on the application in practice of these provisions, including the number and nature of violations reported and penalties imposed.