Sen. Loren Legarda detects government’s failure to fully implement the Anti-Child Labor Law of 2003 as declared by the United States’ Department of Labor ‘s Bureau of International Labor Affairs. She made the comment after the US’s department of labor publicly listed goods imported from the Philippines into the United States which were allegedly produced using child labor in violation of international standards. The American public is being urged to boycott goods imported from other countries that use child or forced labor in their production. At the same time the US government was urged to stop the importation of such goods Loren appealed to the local Department of Labor and Employment to strengthen its enforcement of the “Anti-Child Labor Law” which was signed into law by the President in December 2003. children below 15 years of age, if working in non-hazardous conditions, may work for not more that 20 hours a week, at most 4 hours a day. The law limits children 15 – 17 years old to work not more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. Night work from 8pm to 6am is prohibited
