Table 4.
Details of policy changes in countries studied.
| Regular Work |
Light Work |
Laws | Free/compulsory education age | Primary education age | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of change | Details of change | Year of change | Details of change | ||||
| Burkina Faso | 2004 | Minimum age changed from 14 to 15 | No change | No change | Labour Code 1994 Labour Code 2004 Order No. 545/IGTLS/HV of 2 August 1954 derogating from the age of admission to employment. |
6–16 | 6–13 |
| 2008 | Minimum age changed from 15 to 16 | 2008 | Minimum age for light work changed from 12 to 13 | Labour Code 2008 Order No. 2008–027/MTSS/SG/DGSST of 26 December 2008 derogating from the age of admission to employment. |
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| Colombia | 2006 | Minimum age changed from 14 to 15 | 2006 | Minimum age changed from 12 to 15 | Decree 2737 of 1989 Law 1098 issuing Code of Childhood and Adolescence 2006 (entry into force 2007) |
5–15 | 5–10 |
| Malawi | 2000 | Minimum age changed from 12 with exceptions to 14 with exceptions | No change | No change | Employment of Women and Children 1939 (as amended to 1968) Employment Act 2000 |
6–14 | 6–14 |