Indicator 3.3.12

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.
Protecting children from excessive working hours is an important part of the prevention of child labour.
Children engaged in light work should have regular breaks.
Where a child is conducting light work for a period of more than 2 hours (only applicable on a non-school day under the ASC Farm Standard), they shall be given a 0.5-hour break period.
Some examples that demonstrate compliance with the ASC Farm Standard:
- Child A works on a Saturday morning from 9:00 – 11:00. She has a 30-minute break and works again from 11:30 – 12:30.
- Child A’s example is compliant because she is working no more than 3 hours on a non-school day, and she is given a break of 0.5 hours within the work shift.
  - Child B works on a Tuesday afternoon from 15:00 – 17:00 and then goes home.
    
    Child B’s example is compliant because he is working no more than 2 hours on a school day.
Some examples that demonstrate non-compliance with the ASC Farm Standard:
- Child C works on a Saturday morning from 9:00 – 11:30 and then goes home.
  - Child C’s example is non-compliant because she has worked more than 2 hours without a break.
- Child D works on a Tuesday afternoon from 15:00 – 17:30 and then goes home.
- Child D’s example is non-compliant because he has worked more than 2 hours on a school day.

whether anyone under the age of 15 or below the age of completion of mandatory schooling is employed at the UoC;
working hours and rest hours of employees under the age of 15 or below the age of completion of mandatory schooling;
that information in contracts, age verification records and payslips match;
young employees’ description of their working hours.