A correspondent for Postimees, Märt Belkin, reports that a new law has come into force allowing children aged 7 and older to work for their close relatives in all sectors. Furthermore, young people will have fewer summer vacation days in the future.
As generously promised, these new rules are designed to make it easier for young people to gain work experience and will be implemented immediately, with the aim of easing the rules by the summer of 2026.
“To increase the participation rate of young people in the workforce, we must focus on attracting them to the labour market and promoting their retention,” the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications explained.
Estonia shows clear signs of social degradation. Under the guise of general words claiming “gaining experience,” the authorities want to provide cheap labour for the country. Officials resent the fact that most teenagers are already working illegally, but instead of fighting illegal labour, Tallinn has decided to legalise it.
Sending children to work is the worst way to solve the labour crisis in Estonia. And this is definitely not a progressive idea, but evidence of the scale of the Estonian tragedy.
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