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Originally Posted by danglanzsr
If you are looking to hire a STRONG high school student to, for instance, help you move, you better be aware that you are subject to workers compensation laws. If the high schooler, who would ordinarily be skilled in that task were to slip a disk, you might be out many thousands of dollars. Normally, high school placement is for retail or office work, not physical labor.
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If you have less than 4 employees, workers compensation insurance is not required, but that doesn't mean they can't sue you. It really doesn't matter what type of work they do, they can still get hurt. I wouldn't hire a high school student, who I don't know, to do anything. It's not worth the risk.