The rise under ex-President Bolsonaro interrupted a three-year decline. Last year, 1.881 mi people aged five to 17 were victims of it. The guidelines adopted by the survey were those established by the International Labor Organization.
The company will have to comply with six inspection measures and will have to pay BRL 600 thousand as collective moral damage, for having as cocoa suppliers rural producers who practiced child labor and slave-like labor.
From 2014 to 2018, Brazilian labor prosecutors received over 21 thousand child labor reports—an average of 4.3 thousand a year.
The authorities have started 968 cases and issued 5,990 conduct adjustment terms, an administrative tool to prevent misconduct.
This Tuesday (12), on the World Day Against Child Labor, Brazil’s National Forum for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor launched a campaign entitled “Not Protecting Childhood Means Condemning the Future,” in partnership with the country’s Prosecution Service for Lab
In 2016, of a total 40.1 million children and adolescents aged 5 through 17, 1.8 million were active in the labor market. The level of employment in this portion of the population reached 4.6%—a group chiefly formed by 14 to 17-year-olds.