"Myanmar signs minimum working age convention", 12 June 2020

Myanmar has signed the Minimum Age Convention 138 under the International Labour Organization (ILO) requiring it to set a minimum labour age as well as set up national policies in abolishing child labour.

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The Minimum Age Convention 138 requires countries to set a minimum age in accordance with the completion of compulsory education and under which no one shall be admitted to work in any occupation except light work and artistic performances. Moreover, the convention also prohibits hazardous activities for anyone under 18 years old.

According to the new Child Law and existing Labour Law, the minimum working age in Myanmar is 14 years old.

Myanmar is the 178th country to ratify the convention and has an estimated 9.3% of the child population aged 5 to 17 in child labour, including more than 600,000 working in hazardous work environments.

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