child labour
Britishnoun
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There is no unified definition of a child or child labour in Pakistan, although a federal law prohibits children under the age of 14 from working in unsafe and hazardous environments, such as factories.
From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025
The teenage pair tease each other about child labour and who started working at the shop first.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024
Under the new rules, any child labour or forced labour violations have become grounds for immediate termination of contracts.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
Givaudan, the fragrance house which makes Lancôme Idôle L'Intense, described our investigation as "deeply alarming", adding "it's incumbent upon us all to continue taking action to remove the risk of child labour entirely".
From BBC • May 27, 2024
But it was the drift from the villages of dispossessed men, together with the cheap child labour provided by Poor Law Guardians, that made possible the starvation wages and the tyranny of the factory system.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
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