Child labour law

Child labour laws are statutes placing restrictions and regulations on the work of minors.

Child labour increased during the Industrial Revolution due to the children's abilities to access smaller spaces and the ability to pay children less wages. In 1839 Prussia was the first country to pass laws restricting child labor in factories and setting the number of hours a child could work,^[1] although a child labour law was passed was in 1836 in the state of Massachusetts.^[2] Almost the entirety of Europe had child labour laws in place by 1890.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) works to set global minimum standards of labour. The United Nations declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.

^ O'Sullivan, Michael E. (1 January 2006). "Review of Kastner, Dieter, im Rheinland: Entstehung und Wirkung des ersten preußischen Gesetzes gegen die Arbeit von Kindern in Fabriken von 1839". H-Net. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ "What is child labour?". International Labor Organization.

[h-net-1] O'Sullivan, Michael E. (1 January 2006). "Review of Kastner, Dieter, im Rheinland: Entstehung und Wirkung des ersten preußischen Gesetzes gegen die Arbeit von Kindern in Fabriken von 1839". H-Net. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[2] "What is child labour?". International Labor Organization.

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