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Protection of Working Youth Act.

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Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
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Abstract
The Protection of Working Youth Act regards the employment of children and youth (children being anyone under the age of 15 and youth being older than 15 but under 18). There is a general prohibition to employ children (§5). There are exceptions inter alia for children that do not need to attend school full time. Their employment should be limited to max 35 hours per week and no more than 7 hours a day (§7). Youth are not allowed to be employed for more than 40 hours per week and no more than 8 hours a day (§8). Dangerous work may not be completed by the youth (§22). This Act consists of 72 Articles divided into 6 sections as follow: General provision (1); Occupation of children (2); Occupation of young people (3); Implementation of the Act (4); Penal provision (5); Final provision (6).
Entry into force notes
This Act comes into force on 1 May 1976.
Notes
Consolidated version of the Protection of Working Youth Act as of the date of 16 July 2021 (BGBl. I p. 2970).
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Gesetz zum Schutze der arbeitenden Jugend (Jugendarbeitsschutzgesetz - JArbSchG).