How can we hire minors?
How can we hire minors?
Freedom to work is one of the basic principles of the Labor Code, so the right to work can not be restricted to any person who meets the conditions to perform an activity.
At what age can young people work?
Minors are able to work at the age of 16. Exclusion apply to 15 years minors, who need a written consent from their parents or legal representatives.
What are the legislative conditions for the employment of minors?
When employing minors up to the age of 18, we must take into account the following:
- the duration of the working time is 6 hours per day and of 30 hours per week, remunerated accordingly;
- benefit from a lunch break of at least 30 minutes, if the work norm is at least 4 and a half hours;
- cannot perform additional work;
- cannot perform night work;
- benefit from an additional rest leave of at least 3 working days, according to the Labor Code, but may be established by the internal regulation or the collective labor contract, and a higher number of additional leave days for minors. The additional rest leave is highlighted separately from the annual rest leave that applies to all employees.
For what activities can minors be employed?
Young people up to 18 years of age can be employed for activities appropriate to their physical development, skills and knowledge, so that the carried-out activity does not endanger their health, their mental development and professional training.
What happens if the parents withdraw their consent?
The individual employment contract of employees aged between 15 and 16 years, terminates by right on the date on which the parents or legal representatives withdraw their written consent for them to perform the activity.
What happens when the young person turns 18 years old?
When a minor employee reaches the age of majority, the individual employment contract is modified by an additional act and minor can work full norm of 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week the interdiction to perform overtime, night work or to be exposed to hard / harmful work is repealed, and also the additional rest leave, so he will be treated as a person with normal exercise capacity.
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