Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1990)

Article 2(1) and (3) of the Convention. Minimum age for admission to employment. The Committee notes from the Government’s report on the application of Convention No. 127 that section 7 of Government Agreement No. 885 of the Board of the Social Security Institute, of 26 March 1990, provides that men and women under age but older than 13 years of age can perform work to lift, carry or move loads of weights appropriate to their age, provided that this is not detrimental to their health nor compromises their health and safety. Considering that section 148(e) of the Labour Code prohibits any type of work or employment for children under 14 years of age, the Committee asks the Government to clarify whether Government Agreement No. 885 is still in force and requests it to provide information on its application in practice.