Can enterprises recruit 17-year-old employees?

Legal analysis: Enterprises can employ 17-year-old underage workers, but they need to pay attention to relevant laws and regulations.

The Labor Law stipulates: "The state practices special labor protection for underage workers. Underage workers refer to workers over 16 and under 18. " The physical development of underage workers has not yet been fully finalized, and they are transitioning to maturity. When arranging the work of underage workers, we should pay attention to their physiological characteristics, excessive physical labor, bad working posture and excessive tension. Improper tools will have a negative impact on the normal development of underage workers. In order to protect the normal development, safety and health of underage workers, in addition to improving general working conditions, special protection should be given during working hours and workplaces.

Age limit for employment

To determine the minimum age for employment, we must consider the physical development of teenagers and ensure that they have time to receive complete compulsory education before employment. The Labor Law stipulates: "Employers are prohibited from recruiting minors under the age of 16. When employing minors under the age of 16, literary, sports and special craft units must go through the examination and approval procedures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state to guarantee their right to receive compulsory education. "

In order to protect the employment rights of minors, minors aged 16 who have been exempted from prosecution or criminal punishment by the people's procuratorate or have been suspended or released from prison by the people's court shall not be discriminated in employment.

(2) It is forbidden for underage workers to engage in jobs that are harmful to health.

Underage workers with immature bodies cannot adapt to particularly heavy and dangerous work, and their resistance to toxic and harmful operations is also weak. The Labor Law stipulates that underage workers should undergo physical examination and regular health examination after employment.

(3) Protection of working hours of underage workers.

In order to ensure the normal development of underage workers, we will continue to organize them to complete the task of cultural and technical study, and generally implement the working day system for underage workers, and forbid underage workers to work overtime or night shifts. For some special industries that have been approved to recruit apprentices under the age of 16, the state has also stipulated some special protection measures.

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.