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Employer keeps minors much longer than state requirements: advice?

Hey, r/antiwork. I've started a new summer job at a fairly popular restaurant chain before school starts up again, and after researching I've noticed some issues with my employer. https://dli.mn.gov/business/employment-practices/age-restrictions-working-teens The MN government specified that minors under the age of 16 are not permitted to work past 9, but sometimes they are kept to close the store at 11:00 or later. It also says that they cannot work more than 40-hour shifts, but some kids have been automatically signed up for 45 or more hours a week. Any advice on how to stop the employer from taking advantage of these kids I work with? I hate seeing them exhausted from working back to back night shifts. Edit! I am also underage, 17. Old enough to be exempt from these rules.


Hey, r/antiwork. I've started a new summer job at a fairly popular restaurant chain before school starts up again, and after researching I've noticed some issues with my employer.

https://dli.mn.gov/business/employment-practices/age-restrictions-working-teens

The MN government specified that minors under the age of 16 are not permitted to work past 9, but sometimes they are kept to close the store at 11:00 or later.

It also says that they cannot work more than 40-hour shifts, but some kids have been automatically signed up for 45 or more hours a week.

Any advice on how to stop the employer from taking advantage of these kids I work with? I hate seeing them exhausted from working back to back night shifts.

Edit! I am also underage, 17. Old enough to be exempt from these rules.

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