child labour

child labour

English

Child labour in Canada, c. 1905

Alternative forms

• (US) child labor

Noun

child labour (uncountable)

1. (British spelling, Canadian) Work performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, particularly under terms and conditions considered inhumane.

Related terms

• labour law

Translations

work performed by children

Chinese: Mandarin: 童工 (zh) (tónggōng) Danish: børnearbejde n Finnish: lapsityövoima German: Kinderarbeit (de) f

Norwegian: Bokmål: barnearbeid n Nynorsk: barnearbeid n Persian: کودکان کار‎ (kudakân-e kâr) Thai: แรงงานเด็ก Turkish: çocuk işçiliği

See also

• child labour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• child labour on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons