!!!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.


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