Child Labour and Youth Employment Protection
Occupational health and safety protection is even more important for children and juveniles as it is for adults. The Youth Employment Protection Act ("Jugendarbeitsschutzgesetz") and the Child Labour Protection Ordinance ("Kinderarbeitsschutzverordnung") therefore protect young people under the age of 18 from work that begins too early, that lasts too long and which is too difficult, dangerous or unsuitable for them.
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