4.3% of the nation’s children are victims of child labour
A UNICEF report revealed that Trinidad and Tobago has almost 6000 cases of child labour between the ages of five and 17. Minister of Labour Stephen Mc Clashie addressed this issue at a stakeholder consultation titled Development of Hazardous Child Labour List and Light Work List at the Hilton Conference Centre. Resel Melville, programme officer at the International Labour Organization, said that child labour in Trinidad and Tobago is real.
