Jugendbeschäftigung#

Youth Employment: Austrian law protects children and juveniles at work. As early as 1842, the first ban on child labour was imposed, and the Trade Regulation Act of 1859 set limits on the employment of juveniles. In 1885 these regulations were supplemented by a prohibition against night-work for juveniles. Today these restrictions are part of the law on employment of juveniles and children (Kinder- und Jugendlichenbeschaeftigungsgesetz, KJBG, BGBl 1987/599). According to law, children are minors under the age of 15. They are generally not allowed to work (§ 5). However, children over 12 may be employed for occasional small, easy jobs. Juveniles are persons under the age of 18 years or persons under the age of 19 who have not yet completed a training period lasting at least one year. (§ 3). They may not be employed in certain types of businesses (music halls, cabarets, bars, sex-shops, discothèques, etc.) or in certain jobs, particularly those which may be hazardous, or which are damaging to health. In addition, young workers are protected in other ways by special legislation. They may not work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week, and may be given only a very small amount of overtime work; Sundays and holidays are more strictly considered days of rest than for adult employees; working at night between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. is forbidden; and juveniles are entitled to favourable treatment regarding the consumption of vacation days.