Is it illegal to recruit child labor?

Legal analysis: It is illegal to employ child labor, and the employer will be fined, and the business license will be revoked in serious cases. Anyone suspected of committing a crime will be investigated for criminal responsibility.

Legal basis: Article 68 of the Law on the Protection of Minors in People's Republic of China (PRC) illegally recruits minors under the age of 16, or recruits minors who have reached the age of 16 to engage in heavy, toxic and harmful labor or dangerous operations that endanger the physical and mental health of minors, and the labor security department shall order them to make corrections and impose a fine; If the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked by the administrative department for industry and commerce.

Article 244 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of labor management regulations, recruits minors under the age of 16 to engage in heavy manual labor, or to engage in aerial or underground work, or to engage in labor in explosive, flammable, radioactive, toxic and other dangerous environments. If the circumstances are serious, the person who is directly responsible shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

Whoever commits the above acts and causes an accident and constitutes other crimes shall be punished in accordance with the provisions on combined punishment for several crimes.