Making bricks, child labour, India

In India, workers in the brick kiln industry do not receive daily wages, but are paid by a piece work system. Thus, workers receive compensation for every 1,500 bricks made. This system leads to male labourers relying on the help of their family to receive sufficient compensation. Since wages are paid to the male head of the family, female workers often do not receive compensation and are consequently reliant on their male family members. This system incentivizes child labour which decreases the attendance of children to primary school or early childhood care. It has been reported that brick kiln labourers are working approximately 12-hour days, with children workers between the age of five to fourteen working seven to nine hours a day. This system also limits workers ability to attain minimum wage, with many only receiving two to three US dollars a day. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Bricks_Campaign Brick Kiln industry in India probably employs the largest unpaid women work force in the world. Not underpaid but unpaid altogether. Source: https://www.antislavery.org/road-empower-women-workers-brick-kilns/