Teens Could Fill Labour Shortages: Retailers

Teens Could Fill Labour Shortages: Retailers
A cafe staff member wipes a table at the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, on June 1, 2020. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Children as young as 13 could be put to work to help fill labour shortages as Australia’s peak retail body calls for national minimum working age requirements.

Ahead of the federal government’s jobs and skills summit, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has released a submission calling for businesses to be able to tap into willing school-age workers.