Abstract
Young workers warrant special consideration to foster a safe and healthful entrée to the world of work. While there is consistent evidence that young workers are at increased risk for injury in the workplace, largely due to inexperience, the solutions and path forward are not straightforward. Efforts to facilitate opportunities for youth to gain meaningful job experiences that foster development of marketable job skills for their future need to be balanced with efforts to protect them from work-related injury and illness. Additionally, work is just one component of youths’ lives and their transitions into adulthood. Family and social relationships and education are other important components of young workers’ lives that have complex relationships with work that need to be considered.
Original language | American English |
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State | Published - 2013 |
EGS Disciplines
- Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene