Job Safety
... On top of all this, many teens must now fit a job into their already-busy schedules. According to the article provided, many young workers face health and safety hazards on the job, despite child labor laws that are intended to protect children from hazardous working conditions. ... There is even evidence to show that young teens do not receive the adequate health and safety training at work. ... First and foremost, studies of adult workers suggest that safety training may reduce injuries and acute illness among young or inexperienced workers. ... No matter how mature and responsible the adolescent employee might be, the assignment of a multiplicity of tasks has important implications for job-skills training and health and safety training. ... Finally, adolescents must spend the correct amount of hours on the job. ... So when an adolescent gets a job, they don’t expect it to be easy – but he or she would at least hope it will be safe.