Trends in Employment Relations

Child Labour in previous time played vital roles in organisation at performing tasks that should be done by adults.   Like in the U. S., growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. The International Labour Organization estimates that 215 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 currently work under conditions that are considered illegal, hazardous, or extremely exploitative. These children work in commercial agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service whereas some children work in illicit activities like the drug trade and prostitution or other traumatic activities such as serving as soldiers.   As the changes took place recently, the year of globalisations child labour no longer existed and it was restricted as of some regulations, policies and conditions that established by laws of our country. One of these is not allowing children to do job in firms as it harms their physical health and growth and likewise this may stop them from attending schools. For instant, the Fair labour standard Act (FLSA) of 1938 in USA prohibits children from working in hazard occupations or in any environment that may result to child physical harm. This act forbids employing minor under age of 14 to do heavy tasks. (R, 2011:23). However organisations themselves may realise recruits children to labour can result of inefficient and less competitive advantage. As nowadays organisations and firms required qualifications people to work than child labour. they considered skills deficiency of the workforce is very important for example, organisation lies in attracting and retaining employees particularly those professional who hold expertise in works and the successful competitive would be the ones that have well experience workers, knowledgeable workers and skills full workers to do better for the organisation compare of putting children in to work.

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