Child labor is any form of work done by children and adolescents below the legal minimum age allowed to work, according to the laws of each country. Child labor generally is prohibited by law. Specifically, the most harmful or cruel forms of child labor are...
The Eradication of Child Labor (Peti) articulates a set of actions aimed at removing children and adolescents up to 16 years of child labor practices, except as an apprentice from the age of 14. The Peti make up the System of Social Assistance (His) and has three basic axes: direct income transfer to families with children or adolescents at work,...
The data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) 2005 released by the IBGE show that the advance of occupation was influenced by increasing child labor topróprioconsumo and the unpaid work in agriculture. In the agricultural environment, this fact increases mainly...
BrazilIn Brazil, child labor is considered a crime under constitutional provision, and there are other more harmful forms of child labor that deserve special treatment of the law. Among these are: Child labor slave - Reduce the worker to a condition analogous to slavery through forced...
