> And I'm dismayed by the cavalier dismissal of lost jobs for teenagers.
The way Geneva handles their minimum wage (almost $27/hr) is to have exceptions for apprentices and au-pairs under 18. That au-pairs will eventually become older than 18 is obvious; what is less obvious is that companies taking apprentices share responsibility for their education, so I believe if too many of their apprentices fail the final exams, the company loses the ability to take new ones.
The way Geneva handles their minimum wage (almost $27/hr) is to have exceptions for apprentices and au-pairs under 18. That au-pairs will eventually become older than 18 is obvious; what is less obvious is that companies taking apprentices share responsibility for their education, so I believe if too many of their apprentices fail the final exams, the company loses the ability to take new ones.
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