1089. Chilean legislation governing the
minimum age for admission to employment lays down the
following rules (art. 13):
(a) A person aged 18 or over has full
capacity to accept employment and may freely enter into
contracts of service.
(b) Persons over age 15 but under age 18 may
only work with the express permission of his father or mother,
grandparents, guardians or the labour inspector, in the order
given, each acting in the absence of those preceding them.
(c) When the authorisation is given by a
labour inspector, the latter must bring the circumstances to
the attention of a juvenile judge, who has the power to quash
the authorisation if he considers that it will have
undesirable consequences for the minor.
(d) Minors between ages 14 and 15 may only
work if they comply with the system of authorisation referred
to in the previous section and then only subject to the
following additional requirements:
- that they have completed their minimum
compulsory schooling; and
- that the work is light, is not prejudicial
to their health or development and does not interfere with
their attendance at school or participation in educational
programmes.
(e)
Minors under age 14 are prohibited from
working.
