The Study on Child Labour in the Workplace at Sivakasi

Abstract

Child labour is a global concern that violates the rights of children and impedes their overall development. The practice of employing children in hazardous occupations deprives them of their right to education, jeopardizes their health and well-being, and hinders their ability to break the cycle of poverty. Sivakasi, a town located in the Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, India, has been a focal point for studying child labour due to its prominence in the firecracker and matchstick industries. It should bring effective measures to eliminate child labour. the objectives are To know about child labour and their problems, To understand the child labour rights with reference to Indian constitution, To create awareness about prevent of child labour and To analysis the causes of child labour in Sivakasi. For the purpose of this research, an empirical method was followed and the data was collected through both online and offline survey analysis. The SPSS software by IBM was used to calculate the empirical statistics. The sample size was 200. Dependent variables are child labour still exist in Sivakasi, child labour are mostly working at Sivakasi, child working in hazardous factories is violation of Indian constitution, child labour is prevalent at Sivakasi, government taking several measures for child labour in India. Independent variables are Age, Gender. Various tools like Bar graph were used