Adolescents

There are rules which are oriented to the protection and promotion of the employability of certain groups of people in Peruvian labour legislation. The first, motivated by prevent labor exploitation, and the latter in search of jobs in certain sectors. Workers under age workers are protected by the code of children and Adolescents age: the minimum age required to authorize dependent work of adolescents (are considered as such persons whose ages oscillate between 12 and 18 years): non-industrial agricultural work: 15 years work, commercial, industrial or mining: 16 years work of industrial fishing: 17 years other forms of work: 14 years. By exception, is considered authorization from the age of 12, provided that tasks to perform do not adversely affect the health or development of the teenager, not interfere with their attendance at the educational centres and allow their participation in orientation or professional training programmes. Porters or Chargers manuals a carrier is the person who transports supplies, equipment and personal belongings and other goods needed for expeditions with tourist, sporting purposes or otherwise, in places where motorized vehicles do not enter with his own body. Minimum age: the minimum age for work of carrier is 18 years old can afford over 16 years old teenagers always perform this work, when physical and mental health conditions permit. In this case the duration of the work shall not exceed 6 hours per day or 36 per week.

Teenagers over 16 years of age must obtain authorization to provide the service in accordance with the Act. Contracts on labor training modalities 1.-mode learning a training process that takes place in the productive units of the company, after initial training and complementation at a vocational training center. Beneficiaries people over 14 years (without age limit) provided that accredit at least have completed primary studies. 2 Youth job training mode this mode is characterized by perform the training process in the productive units of the companies, allowing participants to exercise their performance in a real situation of work. The participants are young people between 16 and 23 years of age who have not completed basic education that have been interrupted, or that having completed do not follow top level, sena technical or university studies. 3.-Mode internship to)-internship in the company: this training mode is performed in the production units of the company and is intended to relate to the beneficiary with the world of work and enterprise. Participants can be anyone from 14 to more years and the last grades of secondary education they need for training and curricular reasons perform an internship in the company.