Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 90) - Cyprus (Ratification: 1965)

Articles 3(2) and 4(2) of the Convention. Exemptions from the prohibition on night work for persons of 16 and 18 years. The Committee previously noted that section 13(1) of the Protection of Young Persons at Work Law No. 48(1) of 2001 provides that work by young persons is prohibited between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., irrespective of the nature of work. It also noted that section 13(2) of Law No. 48(1) permits a young person to work between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. for the purposes and under the conditions determined by regulation. Under the terms of section 2 of the Law, the term young person means any person of 15 years of age but under 18 years. In this regard, it noted the Government’s indication that Law No. 48(1) of 2001 was being amended and that the Regulations which provide for the conditions under which night work is allowed for young persons was pending before the House of Representatives. The Government indicated that according to the amending Law, section 13(2) will be applicable to young persons of 16 years of age but under 18 years.

The Committee notes with satisfaction that section 13(2) of the Protection of Young Persons at Work Law No. 48(1) of 2001 has been amended by Law No. 15(1) of 2012, whereby the exceptions to the prohibition on night work shall be allowed only for young persons of 16 to 18 years of age. The Government also states that Regulation 15 provides for the terms and conditions under which night work shall be allowed for young persons of 16 years as well as the specific sectors of economic activity in which such exceptions may be permitted.