Can you recruit 16-year-old employees?

Legal analysis: employees aged 16 can be recruited. Child labor refers to minors under the age of 16. Workers who have reached the age of 16 but have not reached the age of 18 are not child laborers, but are called underage workers in the labor law. Any employer who uses child labor in violation of state regulations is illegal. It is permitted by law for the employer to recruit 16-year-old underage workers, which is a legal employment behavior, but it should strictly abide by the relevant provisions of the national laws on the special protection of underage workers.

Legal basis: Article 58 of the Labor Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). The state applies special labor protection to female workers and underage workers. Juvenile workers refer to workers who have reached the age of 16 but not 18.