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Indicator 3.3.11
by Contact on 8 October 2026
Requirement
Indicator applicability: children aged 13 or 14, or below the age of completion of mandatory schooling. The UoC shall ensure that children conducting light work: a) do not work more than 14 hours per week (excluding breaks); and b) do not work more than 2 hours per day on a school day (excluding breaks); and c) do not work more than 3 hours per day on a non-school day (excluding breaks); and d) have a combined time for school, work and transportation to and from school and work totalling less than 8 hours per day (excluding breaks).
How Do I Interpret This Requirement?
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Excessive working hours can have a detrimental physical and mental impact on all people, but particularly on children under the age of 18 who have not yet reached adulthood.
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Protecting children from excessive working hours is an important part of the prevention of child labour.
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Children engaged in light work have restrictions on the number of hours that they can work:
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on a school day to ensure that work does not interfere with their schooling
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on a non-school day and across a week to ensure that they:
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are not working an excessive number of hours
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have adequate time for education, rest and play.
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Requiring that a child conducting light work spends no more than 8 hours per day at school, work and on transportation is important for allowing them to have adequate rest and leisure time.
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Evidence of Implementation
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age verification records
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working hours records
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payslips and pay records
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young employees’ contracts.
Auditors Should Confirm
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whether anyone under the age of 15 or below the age of completion of mandatory schooling is employed at the UoC;
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working hours and rest hours of employees under the age of 15 or below the age of completion of mandatory schooling;
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that information in contracts, age verification records and payslips match;
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young employees’ description of their working hours.