How to punish illegal employment of child labor?

The penalties for illegal employment of child labor are as follows:

1. The crime of illegal employment of child labor may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, or criminal detention of one to six months, and a fine; < /p>

2. According to the provisions of the criminal law, only if the illegal use of child labor has caused serious consequences, the court may sentence the person directly responsible to bear a penalty;

The handling of illegal employment of child labor is as follows :

1. If an employer illegally recruits minors under the age of 16, the labor administrative department shall order it to make corrections and impose a fine. If the circumstances are serious, the market supervision and management department shall revoke its business license; < /p>

2. If an employer uses child labor, the labor and social security administrative department shall impose a fine of 5,000 yuan per month for each child laborer used. If a child laborer is used in a workplace where toxic substances are used, the labor and social security administrative department shall impose a fine of 5,000 yuan per month for each child laborer used. The fine range stipulated in the Labor Protection Regulations in Article Workplaces, or a fine of 5,000 yuan per month for each child laborer used, shall be severely punished.

Legal basis:

Article 244-1 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

Violation of the crime of employing child labor to engage in hazardous labor According to the labor management regulations, if minors under the age of 16 are employed to engage in super-intensive physical labor, or to engage in high-altitude or underground operations, or to engage in labor in explosive, flammable, radioactive, toxic or other dangerous environments, the circumstances are serious. Those who are directly responsible shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined; if the circumstances are particularly serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.

Whoever commits the acts in the preceding paragraph, causes an accident, and constitutes other crimes shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of concurrent punishment for several crimes.