World Day Against Child Labour

World Day against Child Labour, DLIR

World Day Against Child Labour is celebrated on the 12th of June and is themed "Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour". This day calls for increased investment in social protection systems and schemes to establish solid social protection floors and protect children from child labour.

Acting Secretary for the Labour and Industrial Relations, George Taunakekei, said that child labour was observed concurrently in the tripartite between DLIR, international Labour Organization (ILO) and the United States.