Teen workers are a key part of California’s workforce. Nationally, ~22.5% of high school students were employed in October 2023. Maintaining a healthy work culture and safe work environment for these employees is integral to running a healthy business. This webinar will prepare small business owners to ensure workplace safety for teens in your workplace, and compliance with California and federal labor and employment laws.
At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:
Identify employer responsibilities under California child labor laws and federal equal employment opportunity laws
Discuss current cases of discrimination and harassment involving teen workers and how to create a healthy work culture
Recognize potential problems and identify prevention strategies to keep teens safe at work
Linda Li is a Lead Outreach & Education Coordinator with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Office of Communication and Legislative Affairs, with responsibility for California, Nevada and the Pacific Northwest. Since 1998, Linda’s chief goal has been to share the human stories behind EEOC’s cases and to make the law accessible to all stakeholders –including small business owners, union representatives, farmworkers, people with disabilities, veterans, trade apprentices and high school students. She holds a M.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from Brown University.
Certificates of Completion will be available to webinar participants who are present for the complete, live webinar, and logged in with their registered email address. Call-in attendees are not eligible for certificates at this time - Please download the Zoom app to log in via email on your smartphone whenever possible.
In order to receive your Certificate of Completion, qualified learners must complete the post-webinar evaluation within 7 days of the webinar. A link to the evaluation will be emailed to qualified learners 24 hours after the webinar via no-reply@zoom.us. Qualified learners who submit their evaluation will receive a Certificate of Completion via email, and can also print/save the certificate from their browser after submitting their evaluation.
If you're not able to attend the live presentation, no problem! We record most presentations and will host them on our website provided we have permission to do so. Presentation recordings are not eligible for Certificates of Completion.
If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Will Bellamy at (510) 642-8365 or wbellamy@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.
LOHP promotes safe, healthy, and just workplaces and builds the capacity of workers and worker organizations to take action for improved working conditions. We work with a range of partners including unions, worker centers and community organizations, agencies, employer groups, policy makers, and academics.
We look broadly at the impact of work on health and we advance the principle that Healthy Jobs – which pay a living wage, provide job security and benefits, protect against hazards and harassment, have reasonable workloads, and engage workers in the decisions that affect them – are a basic human right.
The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1 Contact Hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
