Can I hire underage workers? Can minors be hired as minors?

The Labour Code only prohibits the recruitment of minors under the age of 16.

Workers who have reached the age of 16 but are under the age of 18 can be recruited.

This provision of the Labor Law is actually consistent with the provisions of the General Principles of the Civil Law on the capacity of natural persons, which stipulate that a person who has reached the age of 16 but is not yet 18 years old, but lives on his own labor income, may be regarded as a person with full capacity for civil conduct.

Therefore, workers who have reached the age of 16 but are not yet 18 years old can be recruited.

The Labour Code still prohibits the employment of juvenile workers, except in the case of "arts, sports, and special craft units".

Article 15 of the Labor Law prohibits employers from employing minors under the age of 16.

Establishments of literature, art, sports, and special crafts recruiting minors under the age of 16 must follow the relevant provisions of the State, complete the examination and approval procedures, and ensure their right to receive compulsory education.

Juvenile workers (over 16 and under 18) can be hired, but they are not allowed to engage in high-risk operations, such as mines, high-altitude, underground, high pollution, radiation, etc., and regular health examinations must be conducted. (Labor Law).

Minors under the age of 16 can only engage in sports, and they need to be approved (Article 15 of the Labor Law).

Yes, but it's just sports or arts, and nothing else.

It seems that there are no updated regulations at the moment! The Ministry of Labor has a "Regulations on the Protection of Juvenile Workers", and each province also has its own regulations, you can also refer to them!

If you hire a minor under the age of 16, then it is illegal. The employment of juvenile workers over the age of 16 by an employer is permitted by law and is a legal employment act, but it shall strictly abide by the relevant provisions of national laws on special protection for juvenile workers.

[Legal basis].Article 94 of the Labor Law.

Where an employer illegally recruits minors under the age of 16, the labor administrative department shall order it to make corrections and impose a fine; where the circumstances are serious, the market regulation department is to revoke the business license.

Article 58 of the Labor Law.

The State implements special labor protection for female workers and juvenile workers. Juvenile workers refer to workers who have reached the age of 16 and are under the age of 18.

1. Child labor refers to juveniles and children under the age of 16 who have a labor relationship with a unit or individual and engage in labor with economic income or engage in self-employment. A juvenile worker is any worker who is over the age of a child as defined above but under the age of eighteen. Ages 16 to 18 can work, but not high-risk and other jobs.

2. Article 15 of the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China prohibits employers from employing minors under the age of 16. Arts, sports, and special craft units recruiting minors under the age of 16 must follow the relevant provisions of the State, perform examination and approval procedures, and ensure their right to receive compulsory education. Therefore, except in special circumstances, minors are not allowed to go to work.

Article 15 of the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China prohibits employers from employing minors under the age of 16.

Arts, sports, and special craft units recruiting skating or minors under the age of 16 must comply with the relevant provisions of the State and guarantee their right to receive compulsory education.

Minors are not allowed to work.

If you don't have a sharp minor, no company can hire child labor.

Whether it is illegal to hire underage workers depends on the specific age. If the minor is between the ages of 16 and 18, it is legal, and if the age is less than 16, it must not meet the legal resume age requirement. Employers cannot commit illegal acts because they can underpay wages or solve employment tensions, and if they are discovered, they will be fined much higher than the wages paid, and they will also be subject to relevant penalties.

Labor Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 94.

Where an employer illegally recruits minors under the age of 16, the labor administrative department shall order it to make corrections and impose a fine; where the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked by the market supervision and management department.

Prohibition of Child Labor

Article 2. State organs, social organizations, enterprises and public institutions, private non-enterprise units, or individual industrial and commercial households (hereinafter collectively referred to as "employers") must not employ minors under the age of 16 (recruiting minors under the age of 16, hereinafter collectively referred to as the use of child labor).

It is forbidden for any unit or individual to introduce employment for minors under the age of 16.

Minors under the age of 16 are prohibited from engaging in self-employment activities.