Eliminating child labour, guides for employers: introduction to the issues of child labour (Guide 1/3)

Employers and their organizations are important players in the effort to eliminate child labour. At the global level, employers' organizations have supported the adoption of ILO Conventions against child labour. At the national level, employers' organizations engage actively in tripartite dialogue regarding the ratification of Conventions, the adoption of national anti-child labour laws and compliance with those laws. Individual employers and employers' organization also participate, with the ILO and other stakeholders, in projects and programmes to reduce child labour.