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Serbia ranks at the bottom of a list of countries ranked according to how harmonized their regluations are with the European Social Charter as it applies to children, families and migrants, the European Committee of Social Rights announced on March 26.
In the Committee's latest report, the Council of Europe states that the situation in 28 areas was analyzed in Serbia, including the rights of children and youth to protection, the rights of working women to maternity leave, the rights of families to social, legal and economic protection, the right of migrants to protection and help and the right to housing.
Serbian regulations are harmonized with the European Social Charter in five areas - banning nighttime work and enabling paid annual vacations for those under the age of 18, banning the employment of youth under the age of 18 for jobs that are unsafe and pose a health hazard, the training of youth during working hours and enabling mothers to take breaks from work to breastfeed their babies.
Serbia does not respect the Council of Europe's convention in 12 areas.
The Committee's conclusions pertain to the period from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2017.
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