Summary / Citation: "In this Part:
“child” means any person under the age of fourteen years;
“industrial undertaking” includes:
- a mine, quarry, or distillery, or a sugar, spirit compound, match, soap, cigar or cigarette factory, or any undertaking in which articles are manufactured, altered, cleaned, repaired, ornamented, finished, adapted for sale, broken up or demolished or in which materials are transformed, including shipbuilding and the generation, transformation and transmission of electricity and motive power of any kind, or any agricultural undertaking;
- construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, alteration or demolition of any building, railway, tramway, harbour, dock, pier, canal, inland waterway, road,, tunnel, bridge, viaduct, sewer, drain, well, telegraphic or telephonic installation, electrical undertaking, gas work, water work, or other work of construction, as well as the preparation for or laying the foundation of any such work or structures;
- transport of passengers or goods by road or rail or inland waterway including the handling of goods at docks, quays, wharves and warehouses but excluding transport by hand. (...);
“young person” means a person who is fourteen years of age arid upwards and under the age of eighteen years."
(Art. 49)
(1) "A child shall not be employed in any undertaking except as expressly provided in the First Schedule."
(2) "The Minister may by Order after consultation with a confederation, being, in the opinion of the Minister, a confederation representative of a majority of employers and associations of employers generally and after consultation with an association of registered trade unions being an association in the opinion of the Minister representative of a majority of employees subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Assembly, amend the First Schedule."
(Art. 50)
"It shall not be lawful to employ any young person under the age of sixteen upon any ship other than a ship:
- upon which only members of the same family are employed; or
- within the waters of The Bahamas."
(Art. 56)
(1) "It shall not be lawful to employ a child in night work."
(2) "It shall not be lawful, except as expressly provided in this Part and the Second Schedule to employ young persons in night work."
(3) "The Minister may by Order after consultation with a confederation, being, in the opinion of the Minister, a confederation representative of a majority of employers and associations of employers generally and after consultation with an association of registered trade unions being an association in the opinion of the Minister representative of a majority of employees subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Assembly, amend the Second Schedule."
(Art. 57)
"Second Schedule (Section 57) Employment of young persons in night work:
A young person may be employed in the following undertakings –
(a) hotels;
(b) restaurants;
(c) food stores;
(d) general merchandise stores;
(e) gas stations."
"In all industrial undertakings in the case of exceptional circumstances demanding it, the Minister may, by Order, after consultation with a confederation, being, in the opinion of the Minister, a confederation representative of employers and associations of employers generally and after consultation with an association of registered trade unions being an association in the opinion of the Minister representative of employees subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Assembly, suspend the prohibition of night work for such period as he may deem necessary."
(Art. 58)
"A young person may work outside school hours under the following conditions:
a) in a school day, for not more than three hours;
b) in a school week, for not more than twenty-four hours;
c) in a non-school day, for not more than eight hours;
d) in a non-school week, for not more than forty hours."
(Art. 59)
• Employment Act, 2001 (No. 27 of 2001). (Arts. 49 - 58)
Related CEACR Comments
• Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Observation 2021
• Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) Direct Request 2021
