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“Underage” means the person is too young to do the work, whether in a legal or moral sense. A 15 year old doing computer work is neither.


"Underage" doesn't really mean just that, it's ambiguous and arguably misused in this context.

A 15 year old doing computer work is neither.

That's just your own unrelated gloss on the article.

Is this the greatest of title or word choice? Probably not. It's not particularly hard to figure out what it intends to say.


Per the article, the companies' rules are to only hire persons 18+, but folks under 18 can easily lie and get hired.

They may not be underage to work in construction, but they are technically "underage" for the company requirements.




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