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Advice needed. Minor doing a holiday job.

For context, I (17, nb) have a three week holiday employment contract with a food production company in my town (in Germany). I have health issues/disabilities, among others ADHD, insomnia, chronic leg pain, and an allergy that was triggered by the hand sanitiser that the company is using. The working conditions are, for me personally, harsh. I'm unable to sit down during my eight hour shift, which starts at six AM, and have to go through a long gowning and hygiene procedure before reaching the clock-in panel. In conclusion, I'm on site for at least forty-five minutes altogether before and after logging in and out of the clock. The law mandates that teenagers under 18 aren't allowed to start work before eight AM and can't work at conveyor belts for some reasons I haven't got the brain cells to care about, yet here I am doing both. What should I…


For context, I (17, nb) have a three week holiday employment contract with a food production company in my town (in Germany). I have health issues/disabilities, among others ADHD, insomnia, chronic leg pain, and an allergy that was triggered by the hand sanitiser that the company is using.

The working conditions are, for me personally, harsh. I'm unable to sit down during my eight hour shift, which starts at six AM, and have to go through a long gowning and hygiene procedure before reaching the clock-in panel. In conclusion, I'm on site for at least forty-five minutes altogether before and after logging in and out of the clock.

The law mandates that teenagers under 18 aren't allowed to start work before eight AM and can't work at conveyor belts for some reasons I haven't got the brain cells to care about, yet here I am doing both. What should I do?

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