RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has set the salient features for the national policy banning child labor in the Kingdom, approved by the Council of Ministers presided over by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman during last week’s session. On its official website, the ministry said what is meant by child labor is employing children under the age of 15 years. The ministry said that the minimum age for employing children is 15 years. It added that so long as Article 7 of the agreement is not contravened, children aged between 13 and 15 years are allowed to work, in specific jobs and for a specific number of hours, provided this does not violate the child’s right to receive education and to play. The ministry further said that the salient features of the national policy on child labor includes dealing with the situation of all children working under the worst kinds of child labor, in line with the criteria and standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and as mentioned in the Agreements 138 and 182, that were ratified by the Kingdom. The ministry added that the main features for strategic interventions to prevent child labor lie in raising the level of awareness on the issue of child labor, boosting the opportunities for children to get a good education, broadening the base for education on child labor; improving the law, enforcing it, and activating the prosecution, improving social work and the mechanisms for social protection, and enhancing suitable work for adults and the youth, who have reached legal age, making them eligible for work.