Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Romania (Ratification: 1975)

The Committee notes from the Government's report the provisions of article 45 of the Constitution adopted on 8 December 1991, concerning the protection of children and the work of minors. Under article 45(4) of the Constitution, minors under the age of 15 years may not be employed as wage earners.

The Committee recalls that Romania, in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention, on ratifying the Convention, specified the minimum age of 16 years for admission to employment or work. Furthermore, since the Convention specifies that no one under the minimum age shall be admitted to employment or work in any occupation, its scope is not restricted to remunerated work but covers all activities of an economic nature, regardless of the legal definition of the employment concerned.

The Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures adopted to ensure, in both law and practice, that the minimum age of 16 years is fixed for admission to remunerated and unremunerated employment. It also asks the Government to provide information on the practical application of the legislation giving effect to the Convention, such as statistical data on employment and school attendance of minors under 16 years of age, extracts of inspection service reports or particulars of the number and nature of violations recorded.

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1992.]