Young people protection directive

According to the young people protection directive, special attention has to be paid to... 

The young people protection directive 94/33/EC contains several prohibitions. The following types of work are subject to prohibition for young people ... 

Council Directive 94/33/EC of 22 June 1994 on the protection of young people at work, Official Journal of the European Union, EC, 1994, No.L.216. 

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The directive has two major purposes the prohibition of children from working and the protection of young people below the age of 18 years from economic exploitation and risks to their safety and health. Child means any young person of less than 15 years or who is still subject to compulsory full-time schooling under national law. An adolescent is a young person of at least 15 years age but less than 18 years of age who is no longer subject to compulsory full-time schooling under national law. 

The directive imposes several obligations on employers, which have to be observed when young people are working under a working contract. As with all other directives in the field of occupational safety, the employer has to perform a risk assessment and then implement the measures necessary to provide protection against a variety of risks. Of course, the risk assessment has to be done before work is started and has to be adjusted in case of major changes of the working conditions. 

The employer has another obligation in addition to the performance of a risk assessment, namely to inform young people of possible risks and the protective measures which have been taken. The directive does not contain a specific requirement concerning how often such information or training sessions have to take place. Some member states have ruled that employers repeat instruction sessions on a regular basis, for instance, once or twice per year. 

Council directive 94/33/EEC on the protection of young people at work,... 

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