child labour

English

Child labour in Canada, c. 1905

Alternative forms

• (US) child labor

Noun

child labour (uncountable)

1. (British, Canadian) work performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, particularly under terms and conditions considered inhumane.

Related terms

• labour law

Translations

work performed by children

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: børnearbejde n
• Finnish: lapsityövoima
• German: Kinderarbeit (de) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barnearbeid n

  Nynorsk: barnearbeid n

• Thai: แรงงานเด็ก
• Turkish: çocuk işçiliği

See also

• child labour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• child labour on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons