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Post by PaulR5 on Oct 19, 2015 22:23:13 GMT -5
It was a great treat to have Derek show up and rescue the register at Caf é Pick Me Up. It reminded me of a time when I was starting to learn a register supervisory duty and Customer Service at a former job, and a major snowstorm sent all the people who normally did the job home, and with less than an hour training, I was running two positions I was only minimally knowledgeable about. I wondered if we would see when Sonya went into labor. I reviewed a summary of New York child labor law, and anyone under the age of 18 must have a work permit/child employment certificate to be permitted to work (with very few exceptions). It is a great story, and while Kyle was technically breaking the law, I prefer to just call it a justifiable oversight for purposes of the story. See kidmoney.about.com/od/jobsforkids/a/Minimum-Age-To-Work-In-New-York.htmI know in Missouri, there are a very few jobs permitted with a special work permit for children younger than 14-- provided that a parent, grandparent, or legally certified legal guardian are on the premises at all times within a certain minimum distance or less from the child. Ignoring that, it was a great story. We learned more about not only Derek, Grayson, and Seth, but also about Kyle and Damon and Billy, as well. Samuel, when you write the sequel to this, just mention that Grayson and Seth's parents were happy to get work permits for the guys. Derek obviously has one already, since he has worked at two different stores, both where his father was/is on premises much of the time. Another tasty terrific tidbit tantalizing browsing bookworms, is-- what about Maggie and Kristin?
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Post by Cynus on Oct 20, 2015 1:30:35 GMT -5
Dammit! I did that research at one point, the first time I tried to write Seth becoming a barista, in a story that fizzled months ago and never saw the light of day. I completely forgot about it when I wrote this story though. All I remembered was that Seth and Grayson, at fifteen like they are, could possibly work... And here I thought I was thorough. It annoys me that I let that slip...
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Post by PaulR5 on Oct 20, 2015 10:43:52 GMT -5
Child labor laws are tricky. But for the purpose of the story, this can be forgiven. For a while, Missouri was all gung-ho about enforcing them, and I am aware of some business owners who got fined (one $4,000.00) because a 15-year-old was cooking on a 420º grill in a restaurant past 10 p.m. on a school night, or because other employees were underage and working past 10 p.m. on a school night. In the story, there was no hot grill, but a microwave and hot water. As long as the proper forms are filled out by the next payday, Kyle shouldn't have to worry about anything. I wouldn't worry about it; normally unless the job is considered hazardous, no problems. I do know that for a time in Missouri, an industrial cardboard compactor could be LOADED by someone under 18, but they were not allowed to push the start button, because that was considered OPERATING power equipment. Later that changed to where a 17-year-old or younger had to set the cardboard down and let someone else load it, as well.
As the U.S. Department of Labor and the various state Departments of Labor become more and more picky, that will eventually become much more important in stories-- that's why Hamster was paid under the table at the burger place at 14, almost 15. Aren't Seth and Grayson already 15?
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Post by PaulR5 on Oct 20, 2015 10:44:50 GMT -5
Oops, noticed in your reply that Seth and Gray for sure are already 15.
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