National Seminar on Child Labour in the Bahamas (Port of Spain - ILO News)

A National Meeting on Child Labour and Hazardous Occupations in the Bahamas was held during the last of week of June in Nassau, Bahamas. The meeting brought together a group of key stakeholders from business, government, workers’ organizations and NGOs to sensitize them on child labour issues and co-opt their assistance in the identification and demarcation of hazardous work, consistent with the provisions of ILO Convention No. 182. and ILO Recommendation No. 90.

ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour requires each member State to host consultations to identify where hazardous work exists. Under Article 3 of this Convention, hazardous work, one of the worst forms of child labour, is identified as work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. It is expected that a list of hazardous occupations for children below 18 years of age will be drafted for the Bahamas.

The meeting was jointly hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Immigration, Bahamas and the Regional Child Labour Project, ILO Subregional Office for the Caribbean.
Similar meetings are being planned for the countries covered under the ILO’s Regional Child Labour Project.