How to make sure teen summer workers get their legal rights

With summer vacation about to begin for middle school and high school students, many teenagers will enter the job market for the first time, taking jobs in restaurants, ice cream shops, camps, stores, warehouses, stalls, deliveries and other temporary roles. The article says this can be a first chance to earn money and gain independence, but it also creates legal risks for employers. Attorney Einav Zusim, whose office specializes in labor law, warns that youth employment is not the same as hiring adults. She says the Youth Employment Law is mandatory, meaning a teenager cannot waive the rights the law gives them, and violations can bring administrative fines of tens of thousands of shekels and, in some cases, criminal proceedings against the company and its managers.