Boarding Schools for Girls

Too much work, too much stress and too little sleep have all been associated with negative health outcomes in adolescents and teenagers. And a new study from Duke University and the University of North Carolina indicates that many employers may be contributing to these problems.

• The Duke/UNC researchers have determined that many employers are breaking state laws by allowing teenagers to work more than three hours a day on school days and to work late hours at night.
  
• Youth under 16 years of age are required to have a work for signed by their parents and employers.
  
• They are not permitted to work between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. or long hours when school is in session.

The study appeared in the American Journal of Public Health.

Labels: work, sleep, stress

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Summer jobs offer many benefits for teens -- but the workplace isn't without its risks. About one in four teens are sexually harassed at work, according to a study from the University of Southern Maine.

Professor Susan Fineran study of 515 people ages 13 to 18 years old who were working part-time during high school. None of them said they were sexually assaulted on the job. However, 25% have faced any of the 20 types of unwanted sexual behaviors, such as verbal harassment, sexist comments, and groping.

The Maine labor Commissioner plans to use the study to target the best training for employers, teenagers and their parents.
 

Labels: work, harassment

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