Thus, in accordance with the provisions of Art. 32 and Art. 3 of the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child (in force for the Republic of Moldova of February 25, 1995), Art. 1, par. (3) and
Art. 11, letter i), the Children's Ombudsman ordered the monitoring of the observance of the right
to work of a group of children employed by the economic agent "Aqua Magic" (Sociteni village,
Ialoveni district), where children were employed as lifeguards, a dangerous activity for the child's
life. The examination of the case was initiated on the basis of allegations made on the Child’s
Phone.
The children complained about the working conditions:
a) they were forced to work 10 hours a day, the work schedule being between 08.00-20.00;
b) they had to stand all day (they did not have chairs available);
c) they worked under the direct rays of the sun, without umbrellas, at temperatures of 360C in
the shade, and if they requested their installation they are refused on the grounds that they are
defective and the purchase of new umbrellas would cost a lot - EUR 100;
d) there is no special place for dining or refrigerating food taken from home;
e) the children were not provided with drinking water that corresponds to the sanitaryepidemiological norms
f) the children were frequently sanctioned without being informed of this fact and without
knowing the basis;
g) the tasks assigned to the children exceeded their attributions and did not correspond to their
age and development;
h) the children were not equipped with protective equipment;
l) the employers did not provide the children with a professional training of salamamar and first
aid;
î) the administration had an offensive attitude towards children, encouraging this fact to the
other employees as well;
j) when hiring the children, their tasks / duties were not clearly explained to them, nor were
they notified by signature, nor were job descriptions or other instructions, regulations, indications
that were to be followed in daily activity;
k) the transportation of the children was not ensured after the end of the working day, at 20.00,
when the public transport was no longer running. The children had to travel by occasional transport,
without any guarantees of safety and protection.
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