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They are using 'underage' as a synonym for 'minor'. The article is not about the legality of employment.
by pvg 3y ago
They are using 'underage' as a synonym for 'minor'. The article is not about the legality of employment.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoThey are using “underage” because it baits your clicks. The article isn’t about a real problem, the problem it was trying to solve is how to keep their employees paid.
- rayiner 3y ago“Underage” means the person is too young to do the work, whether in a legal or moral sense. A 15 year old doing computer work is neither.
- pvg 3y ago"Underage" doesn't really mean just that, it's ambiguous and arguably misused in this context. A 15 year old doing computer work is neither. That's just your own unrelated gloss on the article. Is this the greatest of title or word choice? Probably not. It's not particularly hard to figure out what it intends to say.
- morelisp 3y ago[flagged]
- brightlancer 3y agoPer the article, the companies' rules are to only hire persons 18+, but folks under 18 can easily lie and get hired. They may not be underage to work in construction, but they are technically "underage" for the company requirements.