Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labour was utilized to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts of workers' and children's rights.

In many developed countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age works (excluding household chores or school-related work). An employer is usually not permitted to hire a child below a certain minimum age. This minimum age depends on the country and the type of work involved. States ratifying the Minimum Age Convention adopted by the International Labour Organization in 1973, have adopted minimum ages varying from 14 to 16. Child labor laws in the United States set the minimum age to work in an establishment without restrictions and without parents' consent at age 16.

The incidence of child labour in the world decreased from 25 to 10 percent between 1960 and 2003, according to the World Bank.

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Why do you shop at ABERCROMBIE although they use child labor and are racist?
Q. Abercrombie clothes are so thin because they have little children working for a few cents a day making these clothes, and are given poor materials to work with. 1.) In 2003, the abercrombie near my house was sued and shutdown. Why? The people working there would not allow an african amercian girl to work at a cash register because they needed to portray an 'Amercian' look. 2.) Abercrombie uses child labor, incase you don't know already, it's illegal, and they only pay children a few cents an hour. 3.) Some of their T-shirts have had rascist slogans.I am just so against racism, and all abercrombie is doing is promoting it. 3.) Abercrombie was selling thongs in Abercrombie Kids. That is so unappropriate. 4.) Mike Jefferies, the CEO of… [cont.]
Asked by Lin - Thu Aug 30 19:33:49 2007 - - 21 Answers - 5 Comments

A. ok ur wrong, wrong, wrong... ok maybe the might be kind of racist, but fat people dont look good in A&F, and that "store" of yours doesnt sounds real, and A&F dont even sell panites and bras... so ur crazy or something, thongs... hahahaha sounds like a bad joke gone arise
Answered by shacka t - Thu Aug 30 19:38:32 2007

What's a good site for info on child labor in the industrial age America?
Q. I am desperate. I need a site with a lot of good information. Please, I have been searching forever. I am practically crying. I think America deleted all the sites with THEIR child labor on it, because there's PLENTY on child "labour". Please help.
Asked by Nadine - Sun Dec 9 17:39:22 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Well, here is a good bibliography wpl.lib.ri.us/ChildLabor. pdf
Answered by sandokan - Wed Dec 12 14:07:16 2007

What are some stores that have kids in a different continent make their merchandise as child labor?
Q. Im doing a report on Child Labor in Africa and i wanted to see if there was any stores in the U.S. that had kids make their stuff as child labor. pleaaseee helppp!! i dont have that much time left. thanks.
Asked by Auriel - Sun May 31 17:58:05 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. All of Yahoo's programming is done for slave wages in India
Answered by Gary Niger - Sun May 31 18:09:33 2009

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