Child labor generally includes/kloc-children under the age of 0/6 or young workers. Sixteen-year-olds belong to underage workers, and underage workers are generally workers who have reached the age of 16 but have not reached the age of 18. General state organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions, private non-enterprise units or individual industrial and commercial households may not employ minors under the age of 16.

The consequences of child labour recruitment are as follows:

1, fined 5000 yuan per month;

2. The business license is revoked by the market supervision and management department;

3. The person who is directly responsible shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and fined;

4. If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.

To sum up, according to the current law,/kloc-children under 0/6 years old are called child labor and are prohibited from using; There is another concept between 16 years old and 18 years old, which is called underage workers. The law allows employers to use underage workers, but it stipulates that underage workers cannot be arranged to engage in heavy work or work that has an impact on their health. If this happens, government departments will also deal with it.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of the prohibition on the use of child labor

State organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions, private non-enterprise units or individual industrial and commercial households (hereinafter referred to as employers) shall not employ minors under the age of 16 (employing minors under the age of 16, hereinafter referred to as using child labor).

It is forbidden for any unit or individual to introduce employment to minors under the age of 16.

/kloc-minors under the age of 0/6 are prohibited from starting businesses and engaging in self-employed activities.