Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Egypt (Ratification: 1999)

Labour inspection. The Committee previously requested the Government to continue providing information on the number and nature of violations relating to the employment of children and young persons detected by the labour inspectorate, as well as on the number of persons prosecuted and the penalties imposed.

The Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that, in furtherance of the goal aspired to by the Ministry of Manpower and its directorates of combating the phenomenon of child labour, the labour inspectorate has monitored and carried out inspections to assess the degree of their compliance with the Labour Code (Act No. 12 of 2004), the Child Act No. 126 of 2008, and the Ministerial Decision No. 118 of 2003 prohibiting hazardous jobs for children below the age of 18. In this regard, the Government indicates that, between 2018 and 2021, 41,807 establishments were inspected and 10,447 warnings were issued, resulting in the protection of 47,383 children.

The Committee observes, however, that the Government does not provide specific information on the number of cases of child labour that were discovered, or on the number of penalties applied. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information related specifically to the number and nature of violations relating to the employment of children and young persons detected by the labour inspectorate. It also once again requests that the Government provide information on the number of persons prosecuted and the penalties imposed.