Did you hire someone underage who lied their age?

[Grant]

Have you ever hired someone who ended up lying about their age on their application? I'm sure many teens attempt to trick the system by lying their age on their application in the hopes of landing a job. I know a lot of jobs will do background checks, so they probably would have to go for a job that wouldn't do that. I would think most jobs have a background check at the least for each new hire. What would you do if one of your employees was under 18? or 21 in some states.

I never had this issue as I don't run a business where I hired employees. I usually hire freelancers when I need certain work done. But I use freelance sites like Fiverr to find some of those people. So they would have to be of legal age to work or use fiverr.

 

[Good-Person]

Have you ever hired someone who ended up lying about their age on their application? I'm sure many teens attempt to trick the system by lying their age on their application in the hopes of landing a job. I know a lot of jobs will do background checks, so they probably would have to go for a job that wouldn't do that. I would think most jobs have a background check at the least for each new hire. What would you do if one of your employees was under 18? or 21 in some states.

I never had this issue as I don't run a business where I hired employees. I usually hire freelancers when I need certain work done. But I use freelance sites like Fiverr to find some of those people. So they would have to be of legal age to work or use fiverr.

There are many people who lie about their age in order to get a job. This does not only happen with teens. In fact, many older people may also lied about their age. They may be a bit older than the minimum age required for the job. However, they claim that they are quite younger than they actually are.

 

[Kane]

This has never happened to me. When I hired staff, I always made sure to check their government ID to learn personal details including age, so that I did not have to go through legal troubles in the future.

 

[Heatman]

I have never hired any underage person to work for me. I always make sure that all documents submitted before I employed any staff are verified and cretifed. If I see any fake documents, I will call in the owner to confirm it and walk away or deny it and have me call in the authorities.