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1. Part-time workers whose hours of work or earnings are below specified thresholds may be excluded by a Member:
a) from the scope of any of the statutory social security schemes referred to in Article 6, except in regard to employment injury benefits;
b) from the scope of any of the measures taken in the fields covered by Article 7, except in regard to maternity protection measures other than those provided under statutory social security schemes.
2. The thresholds referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sufficiently low as not to exclude an unduly large percentage of part-time workers.
3. A Member which avails itself of the possibility provided for in paragraph 1 above shall:
a) periodically review the thresholds in force;
b) in its reports on the application of the Convention under Article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, indicate the thresholds in force, the reasons therefor and whether consideration is being given to the progressive extension of protection to the workers excluded.
4. The most representative organizations of employers and workers shall be consulted on the establishment, review and revision of the thresholds referred to in this Article.