FORCED LABOUR QUIZ

1. The law prohibits the employment of children below the ages of 15 years.

• False

• True

2. Which three of the following are indicators of Forced Labour?

• Children not enrolled in school,

• Withholding of wages or other promised benefits,

  Unfree recruitment at birth,

  Work for longer period of time than the one agreed

• Unfree recruitment at birth,

  Work for longer period of time than the one agreed

• Work for longer period of time than the one agreed,

  Unfree recruitment at birth,

3. A young worker of 17 years who participates in the production of goods and services for 43 hours per week is not in Forced labour.

• True

• False

4. For forced labour in Children, only one indicator is of interest (Threat or menace of penalty).

• False

• True

5. Low awareness of labour laws and a weak capacity to enforce is not a cause of Forced Labour.

• False

• True

6. Possible effects of Forced Labour on a worker include all but one of the following;

• Low self-esteem

• Accidents causing deformity

• Increased in income

• Death

7. Forced Labour is defined as all work or service which is exacted from any person under the threat of any penalty and for which the said person has offered himself or herself voluntarily.

• True

• False

8. The 1992 Constitution, Article (16) consents to Forced Labour as an offence.

• False

• True

9. Exemptions to Forced Labour include(s);

• Any labour required as a result of a sentence or order of a court

• Work in emergency situations such as wars or other calamities

• All of the above

• None of the above

10. In the RA certification programme, setting up the Assess and Address Committee is not mandatory.

• True

• False