Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 1994, Publicación: 81ª reunión CIT (1994)

Convenio sobre la edad mínima, 1973 (núm. 138) - Suecia (Ratificación : 1990)

The Committee notes the Government's first report. It would be grateful if the Government would supply further information on the following points.

Article 3, paragraph 1. Please indicate any provisions to protect persons under 18 years from work which is likely to jeopardize their morals.

Article 3, paragraph 2. Please indicate what consultations with the organizations of employers and workers have taken place on the Solitary Work Ordinance and on Ordinances 1973:A13 and SJOFS 1988:8 of the National Maritime Administration, prohibiting the use of young persons for certain types of work on board ship.

Article 3, paragraph 3. Section 11 of the Ordinance of the National Board of Occupational Safety and Health (1990:19) on Minors at Work provides for individual exceptions to be granted by the Labour Inspectorate for dangerous work to the lower age limit of 16 years. The Committee requests the Government to indicate any measures envisaged or taken to bring this legislation in line with the Convention, which does not allow for any exception under the age of 16 years for work or employment which may jeopardize the health, safety or morals of young persons.

Please also indicate what tripartite consultations have been undertaken before the National Institute of Radiation Protection issued, under section 16 of the Radiation Protection Act, the provisions respecting work of persons under 18 years involving exposure to ionizing radiation.

Article 4, paragraph 1. For work done in the employer's household, the relevant Domestic Employment (Working Hours, Etc.) Act specifies no lower age limit. The reason for the exception according to the Government report is that "such work is so uncommon that no problems have ever been referred to in this sector. There have been no manifestations of opinion in Sweden calling for a minimum age for domestic work." However, the Committee notes that the legislator has specifically regulated hours of work, etc. for domestic work.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate what consultations with organizations of employers and workers have been undertaken on the exclusion of domestic work from the minimum age legislation. Please also indicate any measures envisaged or taken to establish a minimum age for domestic work in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention.

Article 8, paragraph 1. Section 10(2) of the Ordinance on Minors at Work authorizes, in a general manner, exceptions to the minimum age requirements for artistic performances whereas the Convention only provides for exceptions to the minimum age requirements through permits in individual cases, and after individual consultation with the organizations of employers and workers. Please indicate the measures envisaged or taken to bring the Ordinance in line with this provision of the Convention and the consultations with the organizations of employers and workers, undertaken in each individual case, including where exceptions have been granted by a County Administration under the Public Order Statute.

Article 9, paragraph 1. Please indicate any laws or regulations in existence regulating the amounts of fines to be imposed, to ensure the effective enforcement of the provisions of the Convention.

Article 9, paragraph 3. Please indicate whether medical examinations as provided for under Chapter 5, section 4 of the Work Environment Act have been made mandatory, whether the register of medical examinations is to be kept with the employer, and whether it indicates the ages of the persons in question.