Indicator 3.3.17

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.

A rest period means a time when employees are not working.

A rest period of 12 consecutive hours in a 24-hour period means that children have a sufficient amount of time to rest and sleep in between times when they are conducting light work.

age verification records

working hours records

payslips and pay records

young employees’ contracts.

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.