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Although the latest statistics on teen employment show a sharp dip in the past few months because of many factors notably the national recession, the good news is that there are still many good teenager jobs waiting in the wings. The trick is in finding them in the right places and the right time through a variety of methods from the online to the traditional ways, both of which are now accepted ways of looking for adult and teenager jobs.

It is important to note that the standards for what constitutes a good job will differ between teenagers and their parents/guardians, which can be attributed to the generational gap. However, there are things about jobs for teenagers that should be non-negotiable so as to protect their well-being. Said non-negotiable factors involve the working hours, wages and environment.

Working Hours



The federal child labor law restricts the age and working hours of teenagers seeking to find work in any industry. At present, the minimum age of legal employment for young workers is at 14 years and, hence, effectively barring eager 13-year old teens from working.

But the law does not stop with the minimum age requirement. There are also provisions that detail the number of working hours allowed depending on the age of the employed teen, thus:

* 14 to 15 year old teens are allowed to work 3 hours on a school day and, hence, limited to 18 hours per school week. During the summer season, 8 working hours per day is allowed provided that the maximum number of hours worked per week does not exceed 40 hours. The working hours are also limited from 7 am to 7 pm from Labor Day until May 31 and from 7 am to 9 pm from June 1 through Labor Day.
* 16 to 17 year old teenagers can work any number of hours except on the teenager jobs considered hazardous by the Labor Department.
* 18 to 19 year old teens also have no limit to the number of hours worked just as long as the other legal aspects are complied with in full.

This is often the first criteria of good teenager jobs because youthful minds and bodies can only take so much physical and mental work.

Working Wages

The law requires a $7.25 per hour minimum wage, which the employers of teenagers can follow or increase on. Many economists claim that this is one of the reasons why teenage employment has decreased in the past few months. Since many employers do not want to shoulder the additional costs of hiring more people on a higher minimum wage, they have instead maximized existing employees instead of hiring new ones.

Teenagers may be compelled to take on jobs with below minimum wage. It is often the parents' or the guardians' discretion to allow the minor to take on the job although it must be emphasized that the letter and the substance of the law must still be ideally followed.

Working Environment

Good teenage jobs are only good if and when the working environments are conducive to the teenagers' well-being in the physical and mental aspects. It is, thus, important to describe the jobs considered as hazardous teenager jobs so that the good ones can be identified through exclusion from the former. These labor Department-sanctioned jobs are as follows:

* Agriculture - This is especially true for field work and processing tasks, which account for 42 percent of all work-related deaths among young workers for the 1992-2000 periods.
* Construction and Work Involving Heights - Although express prohibitions are in place about teenagers working in these industries, it is still the third leading cause of death among teen workers.
* Outdoors Helpers - These include jobs in landscaping, lawn services and grounds-keeping, all of which involve working with harmful chemicals and dangerous machinery.
* Operator of Forklifts and ATVs - This is an obvious danger but one that is often overlooked.
* Traveling Youth Crews - Teenagers are recruited to sell products on a door-to-door basis, which exposes them to a variety of dangers like physical assault and sexual molestation.

Responsible parents will do well to know of their children's jobs so as to protect them from the dangerous elements that may be present in their jobs. This is not to say that you should become an overprotective and overbearing parent except that a minor is still your responsibility even if he/she is already earning his/her own money. In the end, landing good teenage jobs also depends on the guidance of parents and/or guardians.
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