Indicator 3.3.15

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Indicator 3.3.15

by Contact on 8 October 2026

Requirement

Indicator applicability: young employees aged 15 or above and above the age of completion of mandatory schooling. The UoC shall ensure that young employees: – do not work more than 40 hours per week; and – do not work more than 8 hours per day; and – have a combined time for school, work and transportation to and from school and work totalling less than 10 hours per day.

How Do I Interpret This Requirement?

  • 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.

  • Young employees have restrictions on the number of hours that they can work to ensure that they:

    • are not working an excessive number of hours

    • have adequate time for education, rest and play.

    • Requiring that a young employee spends no more than 10 hours per day at school, work and on transportation is important for allowing them to have adequate rest and leisure time.

Evidence of Implementation

  • age verification records

  • working hours records

  • payslips and pay records

  • young employees’ contracts.

Auditors Should Confirm

  • whether anyone under the age of 18 is employed at the UoC;

  • working hours and rest hours of employees under the age of 18;

  • that information in contracts, age verification records and payslips match;

  • young employees’ description of their working hours.