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OPA News Release: [06/19/2002]
Contact Name: Elissa
Pruett
Phone Number: 202-693-4676
Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces YouthRules! Partners
Partnerships Will Ensure Safe and Rewarding Work Experiences For Young
Workers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today
announced the partners in the Labor Department’s YouthRules! initiative to
educate young workers, parents and employers about the resources and
protections that exist to ensure teens have positive work experiences.
“This YouthRules! team will ensure that the education of our young
workers is their first priority,” Chao said. “We will all work
together to make sure that young workers have safe and rewarding work
experiences.”
Ben Stein, the star of Comedy Central’s “Win Ben Stein’s
Money” joined Secretary Chao to welcome partners into the
department’s new initiative.
Partners in the program include national employer groups, trade
associations, advocacy groups and state and federal government agencies. Local
employer members of the partner organizations attended the event with some of
their young employees from the area.
YouthRules! partners will work with the Labor Department to develop a
variety of tools to educate employers, parents and young workers such as
printed materials, public seminars and workshops, stories in membership
outreach publications and public service announcements or media programs.
The Labor Department launched a Web site in May,
www.youthrules.dol.gov, to provide
a gateway to information on the Internet about young workers. The Web site
educates teens, parents, educators and employers about the hours young people
can work, the jobs they can do and how to ensure safe work experiences. The
YouthRules! Web site links directly with the Web site provided by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), providing detailed
information on standards, technical advisors, compliance assistance, and many
other materials.
America’s young people can use the Employment and Training
Administration’s (ETA) Americas Job Bank (www.ajb.org)
to search for local job opportunities. ETA also encourages young workers to
visit Youth Corner at www.doleta.gov, to
learn more about the current job market, how to best apply for a job and even
get tips for writing a resume.
Young workers can also access a range of free services at one of 1,800
local One Stop Career Centers across the country. Services for teens include
access to career counselors, computers and job-search books. One Stop Career
Centers can be found at
www.servicelocator.org
or by calling 1-877-US-2JOBS.
(attachment: list of YouthRules! partners)
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