Kids under 16 will still be able to work in their parentsB次元官网网址� store, referee soccer games or help out on the farm as the B.C. government develops new rules restricting them to B次元官网网址渓ight work,B次元官网网址� Labour Minister Harry Bains says.
The NDP and B.C. Greens used their bare majority in the legislature to reject a B.C. Liberal bid to keep the minimum working age at 12, which Bains called an international disgrace for the province among international labour organizations.
Bains said the list of jobs that children aged 13 and 14 are allowed to do is being developed, and cabinet will order it via regulations. He was peppered with examples of children sorting clothes in a sporting goods store, picking berries, and babysitting.
B次元官网网址淔or goodness sake, we train kids as young as 11 to babysit,B次元官网网址� B.C. Liberal MLA Todd Stone said. B次元官网网址淲e say to that 11-year-old, that 12-year-old, B次元官网网址楪o and take a course. HereB次元官网网址檚 the course that provides you with the life skillsB次元官网网址�.B次元官网网址�
Delta South B.C. Liberal Ian Paton sparked an angry response when he recounted his youthful job experience on farms. Paton pleaded with Bains to B次元官网网址渟tand behind this amendment with the South Asian community that know itB次元官网网址檚 important to keep their kids out of the bad end of town, keep their kids out of gangs and whatnot, to give them the opportunity to work and get a job even at age 12, 13, 14 and 15.B次元官网网址�
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B.C. Green MLA Adam Olsen called the comments and the B.C. Liberal proposal B次元官网网址渄isgusting,B次元官网网址� and Nanaimo-North Cowichan NDP MLA Doug Routley was ejected from the chamber. Paton later withdrew his comments.
B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e talking about how we need to get this country back to the way it is, make it great again,B次元官网网址� Olsen said. B次元官网网址淭he fact of the matter is that this province has been called a pariah by those around the world for moving the age of work so low.B次元官网网址�
B.C. Liberal MLA John Martin questioned the definition of B次元官网网址渉azardous work,B次元官网网址� which is B次元官网网址渓ikely to be harmful to the health, safety or morals of a person under 16 years of age.B次元官网网址�
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Bains said it refers to areas involving liquor and adult entertainment, and he is following the conventions of the International Labour Organization.
Asked repeatedly to define B次元官网网址渓ight workB次元官网网址� suitable for children under 16, Bains said: B次元官网网址淔or example, a clerk in an office or a retail store; a delivery person for small goods and merchandise for a retail store, delivering flyers, newspapers, handbills; certain duties in the restaurant food service industry B次元官网网址� a host, hostess, cashier, dishwasher, busing tables, a server or waiter providing customer service, assembling food orders and cleaning.B次元官网网址�
Bains said the full list of permitted work will be developed in consultation with industries, and cabinet will approve the regulations before they take effect.
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