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标题：Effects of Work Permits on Illegal Employment Among Youth Workers: Findings of a School-Based Survey on Child Labor Violations
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作者：Janet Abboud Dal Santo ; J. Michael Bowling ; Thomas A. Harris 等
期刊名称：American journal of public health
印刷版ISSN：0090-0036
出版年度：2010
卷号：100
期号：4
页码：635-637
DOI：10.2105/AJPH.2009.160812
语种：English
出版社：American Public Health Association
摘要：We compared self-reported child labor violations between teenagers with and without work permits. Data were obtained from a school-based survey of working teenagers in 16 randomly selected high schools in North Carolina. We examined associations between work hour violations, hazardous order violations (performance of illegal tasks), and possession of a work permit. Work permits appear to be protective against performance of illegal tasks but not against work hour violations, demonstrating the need for stricter enforcement policies and improvements in work permit screening processes. North Carolina is one of 41 states requiring working minors younger than 18 years to obtain work permits.¹ To date, there have been no systematic evaluations of existing federal and state work permit regulations designed to protect young people from the deleterious effects of illegal employment.² Although 1 study revealed that 40% of adolescents were working in violation of work permit requirements and 2% to 11% were working in violation of hour provisions, that study lacked an adequate sample size of adolescents younger than 16 years, thus violations in this subcategory were underestimated.³ We examined differences in self-reported work hour violations and hazardous order violations between teenagers in North Carolina with work permits and those without permits. Findings such as those from this study have implications for interventions and policies related to youth workers in other states that mandate the issuance of work permits.