Personal Statement: Why I Should Have A Job

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Why I Should Have A Job

I know many have said ‘Teens don’t need jobs, their immature, irresponsible, and have too much to do as it is’, but I'm going to prove them wrong.

At the age of 14, teenagers can legally have a job. Outside school hours, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., from Labor Day through May 31you cannot work more than 4 hours Monday through Friday, and can't work more than eight hours on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays. I cannot work more than 28 hours per week. From June 1 through Labor Day, I am allowed to work eight hours per day between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., but not more than 40 hours per week.

Federal child labor laws restrict work hours to 18 hours per week at most, from the day after Labor Day through May 31, working 3 hours per

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