Employment of minors: rules and restrictions

2025 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-24 13:10

During the holidays, teenagers often find various part-time jobs, which they later plan to combine with their studies. Despite the fact that work for students in Moscow is already a common occurrence, the admission of schoolchildren to the staff is a rather delicate process, which has its own characteristics and pitfalls. Let's conduct a small educational program on this complex topic.

Regulatory law

Employment of minors is regulated by Chapter 42 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and other related articles. According to them, you can hire people who have already reached the age of sixteen. In special cases, for the performance of light work that is not capable of harming he alth, it is permissible to conclude an agreement with fifteen-year-olds, provided that the candidate has already completed training or is continuing it in a form other than full-time. Regarding fourteen-year-olds, the law states that work for teenagers is possible if consent is provided from one of the parents (or from a guardian) in their free time from study. As for participation in filming, theatrical performances and concert activities, there are no age restrictions, but there are a large number of specific rules regardingprocess organizations that require strict compliance.

Operating conditions and restrictions

Employment of minors implies the issuance of an insurance certificate and a work book, which is regulated by article 66 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the contract can be drawn up both as an urgent one for a certain period (for example, during the summer holidays), and as a standard open-ended one. Until the age of 18, such employees must undergo an annual medical examination at the expense of the employing company. Here are the main essential rules:

• prohibited from engaging in work on a rotational basis;
• a teenager cannot be fired solely on the initiative of the employer without the consent of the commission on minors and the labor inspectorate;
• excluded possibility of part-time registration;
• it is impossible to stipulate full liability in the contract.

Among other things, the legislation has defined areas in which the employment of minors is unacceptable. These include industries with harmful and dangerous to he alth and life conditions - for example, underground work; as well as the chemical industry, metallurgy, engineering, gambling, nightclubs, activities related to tobacco products and alcoholic beverages. The full list is quite extensive, and we recommend that you carefully study it. A separate item stipulates the duration of working hours. She is,of course shortened. Adolescents up to the age of 16 can work a maximum of 24 hours a week, but if they have reached this age, then already 35 hours. When combined with study, the standards are halved. At the same time, one shift should not exceed 5 hours at 15-16 years old and 7 hours at 16-18 years old. So, the employment of minors requires increased care and preliminary study of the legal framework relating to this issue. Remember that this is a big responsibility for you.