employees of equivalent qualifications and experience, except that maternity protection shall be
granted as provided in these Orders subject tospecial needs of a parent of children below creche going age;
flexible working hours and home based work if requested by a parent falling in category (a)".
Order 147. Maternity leave
b) "Maternity leave arrangements will apply to all employees regardless of their marital status".
These rights to protect the working women are also included in the "International
Trade Zone (Conditions of Employment) Order, 1997", which regulates also
maternity leave, maternity leave compulsory and, maternity protection, all in the
same way as the "Regulations" of the "Employment Act".
Child
Constitution Article 31: The State recognises the right of children and young persons to special
protection in view of their immaturity and vulnerability and to ensure effective exercise of this right
the State undertakes:
a) to provide that the minimum age of admission to employment shall be fifteen years, subject to
exceptions for children who are employed part-time in light work prescribed by law without harm to
their health, morals or education;
b) to provide for a higher minimum age of admission to employment with respect to occupations
[…] regards as dangerous, unhealthy or likely to impair the normal development of a child or young
person;
c) to ensure special protection against social and economic exploitation and physical and moral
dangers to which they are exposed;
d) to ensure, save in exceptional and judicially recognised circumstances, that a child of young age is
not separated from his parents".
Civil Code Act, 1/01/1976. Laws of Seychelles 1996.
Article 388: "A minor is a person […] who has not yet reach the full age of eighteen".
The Code stipulates the categories of legitimate and illegitimate children and, a
procedure to recognise the illegitimate ones. "Such recognition may take place for the benefit
of all children, even if born of an incestuous or adulterous relationship" (Article 335).