CHILD WORKERS
Sir,—One point about the employment of children which is worthy of note is that a boy or girl under 16 years of age is better off than one of 16 years of age. The one pays neither registration charge nor Social Security charge. This is not fair to either class of young person: all wages should bear the Social Security charge and all wage earners should be registered. Then a condition of under-age employment should be that the employee take some form of training, such as attending technical classes (in some cases crafts would be most suitable). One thing is sure: as long as these children are employed on favourable conditions as regards wages, so long will parents send them to work. Some undoubtedly are better at work but there is no reason why they should be exempted from taxation.—Yours, etc., GIVE ’EM A CHANCE. May 11, 1943.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23947, 14 May 1943, Page 6
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