Does a minor child have to join a union where they work?
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Joining a union is a contract, which minors are not allowed to go into without parent approval. So if they will allow her to join with a parent cosigning I would recommend it. Even if she moves on to another job later there will be a good mark on her resume for future positions with union employeers.
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quote from http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/pubs/lmd/html/fallwinter_94/caltoughch.html\nHowever, note that this might not be the most up-to-date info\n\nPermission to Employ a Minor\nBefore starting work in California, a minor has to obtain an employer-specific work permit, renewable annually. Farm operators are prohibited from hiring minors, except their own children, without a permit to employ, and they are required to keep on file a copy of that document for each minor currently on the payroll.\n\nA work permit shows name of minor, social security number, birth date, address, phone number, current school attended, allowable work hours per day and per week during the school term, and expiration date. The permit is issued by the school district in which the minor resides or is enrolled, after the district receives a parent or legal guardian's written request, evidence of the minor's age, and a prospective employer's statement of intent to hire. It is revokable if the work is harming the child's health or schooling. Children younger than 12 are not eligible for work permits.
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The previous posters are partially correct. It depends on the state you live in. Check out this link and find the minimum age you need to be according to Child Labor Laws in your state.\n\nhttp://www.dol.gov/esa/programs/whd/state/agriemp2.htm
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Unions are meant to not get fired, generally. Look at the teachers union. None of them get fired. Noramlly you won't get fired unless you go on strike.
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Contact the labor board for the state where your brother lives to find out more information.  Child labor laws vary by state.
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with the union, you have to be a member of the trade you specialize in, you sign the book in your local, and when your name comes up in the list, they send you to an employer.\n\nnon-union-you fill out an application and do an interview.\n\nI'm with the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), and currently in the apprenticeship program.  I think it is a good organization and would recommend it.  Yes you can be terminated for just cause, and the union fights for the workers rights in job safety, health benefits, and fair wages
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Labor laws applies to all states and States just add to Federal Labor Law.\nhttp://www.stopchildlabor.org/USchildlabor/fact1.htm
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my friend was 15 when she started working there. im not sure about requirements though. i think it goes by state, not individual store.
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Child Labor Laws are federally mandated, so it dosent matter what state your in.  The answer to your question is you cant employ children under 14 or 15.  Its tricky with family businesses, however.
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Yes, if they can find a landlord who will rent to them.  Most won't because the lease won't be binding.  The lease is invalid if signed by a minor.  Which means that the minor can't be held liable for anything (unpaid rent, damages, etc...)
197932
That is your right to do so. However, union members have a little more security with strike formats b/c they a clause(in some unions) allowing to do so without fear of losing thier job.
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Child Labor Laws stipulate that minors cannot work professionally for more than 36 hrs a week (full-time). At age 18, the government no longer considers you a minor and as long as you are getting paid, you can work till you drop!
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Non-union. I was part of a union once. All they did was take union dues out of my paycheck and promote a 12th (count 'em - 12!) vice president. What the hell? Why do I need to put my hard-earned cash to some schmuck's 6-figure salary who's not doing crap for me? Why do you think more and more unions are going the way of the dinosaur? My dad was a union man for decades, too, until one of the execs at his union stole all the pension money. Unions suck! (Literally and figuratively.)
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It's 16 I believe. That's pretty much nationwide. Due to child labor laws.
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when they are no longer a minor, it is up to the child (former child, as it is)
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I think that child labor is in fact, a bad idea. But only if someone is forcing the children into the labor, and even this is debatable, because the way I phrased my statement, I was saying that simple household chores are out of the question. If the child is willingly participating, then i believe that the work (as it should be called in this case ) is perfectly OK in every way. Upon the subject of the age of the child in question, I think that only people over the age of fifteen should be allowed to perform paid labor, because by this point, most people are mature enough to understand the moral importance of the work-force, and also the necessary part of life that is making your own way in the world.
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Yes but just make it payable to cash. And then the minor can go to the bank with his or her guardian and get cash for it.\n\nIts the easiest to do.