Child labor
FLA’s Fair Labor Code mandates that no person shall be employed under the age of 15 or under the age for completion of compulsory education, whichever is higher.
According to the International Labour Organization, one out of 10 children worldwide are in child labor.
FLA is committed to upholding and advancing standards that condemn the use of child labor, hazardous work, and worst forms of child labor in the formal and informal sectors. Since its founding in 1999, FLA has worked to resolve labor rights issues from factories to farms in global supply chains.
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160Globally, 160 million children aged 5 to 17 are in child labor.
About half perform hazardous work that places their health, safety, or moral development at risk.
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70%Seventy percent of child labor occurs in agriculture.
Often in family subsistence and commercial farming.
Child labor projects
Child labor resources
FLA efforts to address child labor in Türkiye
Child labor news from FLA
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FLA celebrates its 25th anniversary during its Fall Board Convening in Istanbul, Türkiye
October 29, 2024 View FLA celebrates its 25th anniversary during its Fall Board Convening in Istanbul, Türkiye -
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Latest FLA Student Committee Journal addresses pressing human rights and social responsibility issues
July 24, 2024 View Latest FLA Student Committee Journal addresses pressing human rights and social responsibility issues -
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Fair Labor Highlights — June 2024
June 27, 2024 View Fair Labor Highlights — June 2024