(1) Employees up to 18 years of age are employed only after they have undergone a preventive medical examination. Subsequently, until they reach the age of 18, they will be subjected to the compulsory medical examination every year.

(2) The expenses for the medical examinations shall be borne by the employer.

(1) For employees up to 18 years of age, the work norm is established, starting from the general work norms, in proportion to the reduced working time established for the respective employees.

(2) Employees up to 18 years of age, employed after graduation from general secondary education and technical vocational education, the employer shall establish reduced work rules, in accordance with the legislation in force, the collective agreements and the collective labor contract.

(1) It is forbidden to use the work of persons up to 18 years of age in works with difficult, harmful and / or dangerous working conditions, in underground works, as well as in works that may harm the health or moral integrity of minors (games good luck, working in nightclubs, production, transportation and marketing of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, narcotics and toxic substances). It is not allowed to manually lift and transport weights that exceed the maximum norms established for them.

(2) The nomenclature of works with heavy, harmful and / or dangerous working conditions to which the application of the work of persons up to 18 years of age is prohibited, as well as the maximum allowed norms for persons up to 18 years of age at lifting and manual transportation of weights, is approved by the Government after consultation with employers and unions.

It is forbidden to send employees up to the age of 18 away, except for employees from audiovisual institutions, theaters, circuses, cinematographic, theatrical and concert organizations, as well as those of professional athletes.

Dismissal of employees up to 18 years of age, except in the case of liquidation of the unit, is allowed only with the written consent of the territorial agency for employment, respecting the general conditions of dismissal provided by this code.