child labor legislations and it's implementation in urban governorates in Egypt 2001

ABSTRACT

1- Almost all working children had no employment card with child's photo, no list for their names, ages and date of starting work that should be existed in a visible place in the workshop. 2- Only 33% of the working children are working on average from one to six hours per day and 67% are working seven hours or more per day, which reaches sometimes around 12 hours per day. 3- It means that there are great variations between the legal working hours and the actual one revealed by this study. It seems that the law is violated, or even faraway beyond those who work in establishments. 4- Moreover, about 76% of the working children had work after 6 P.M. and around 35% of them had rest time less than 60 minutes per day. 5- About 98% of the working children are receiving their wages by themselves. 6- Regrinding health conditions in establishments, the study showed that, medical care of the working children is very low. Since most of them reported that no medical certificate granted that the child is free from diseases and capable for work was asked, nor there regular check-up. 7- About 69% of the working children reported that they had no glass of milk during the period of work