Community Standards and Youth Work Policy

These standards apply to every teen, parent or guardian, household, business and anyone working for TaskTeens.

1. Jobs open during the pilot

Teens can find lawful work from households and local businesses in these pilot categories:

• Light yard work, sweeping, hand weeding and outdoor watering — no powered equipment, chemicals, heavy lifting or hazardous ground.
• Moving ordinary light trash or recycling bins on a safe private path.
• Walking one known, calm dog on a secure leash, after the teen and guardian meet the dog — no off-leash walks, more than one dog, or entering the house alone.
• Tutoring and homework help — at home with an adult there the whole time, in a public place like a library, or online.
• Household help and technology help — light tidying, organizing, errands and device setup, with an adult home the whole time.
• Childcare support — a parent's helper for children 5 and older while the child's parent or guardian is home the whole time. The teen is never left in charge alone.
• Restaurant and retail work at a local business, such as a café — counter help, stocking and front-of-house, with a supervisor on site.

Event assistance, administrative work, photography and content, and exterior cleaning are not open during the pilot, and neither are volunteer or internship listings. This list is a platform choice for the pilot, not a statement that any task is lawful for every teen. The particular duty, equipment, hours, permit, setting and supervision decide whether a job is allowed for a particular teen. For covered 14- and 15-year-olds, work must also fall within federally permitted occupations — "not hazardous" alone is not enough. A job title never overrides its actual duties.

2. Listing details and task limits

Posters must disclose each duty, tool, chemical, lifting, animal, heat, traffic, water, height, transportation, supervision, qualification, setting and schedule. A missing or uncertain duty means the listing needs clarification; remove the unlawful duty or don't offer that job to that teen.

Not allowed: illegal work, exploitation, sexualized services, dangerous concealment, prohibited machinery, power tools, ladders or heights, roofs, gutters, pools, construction, chemicals, heavy lifting, alcohol, cannabis, firearms, driving or transporting anyone, deliveries, overnight work, house-sitting, being alone in a home, or any duty the law prohibits for the teen's age. Federal hazardous-occupation rules can apply through age 17. No guardian can authorize unlawful work. Don't swap in a different teen, location or duty after approval, and don't split one job into several listings to get around a limit.

3. Hours

TaskTeens applies conservative pilot limits to every teen, and the site checks them when a listing is posted and when a parent approves a job:

• Daylight hours only: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Weekdays (Monday–Friday): start at 3 p.m. or later, up to 3 hours.
• Weekends: up to 8 hours.
• At most 18 hours of TaskTeens jobs in a week.

These are platform limits, not a statement of what the law allows at each age. A stricter law, school rule or work permit always controls — for example, a work permit may set a lower limit, and school holidays on a weekday don't change the pilot limit. Posters must check the teen's other work, which TaskTeens may not know about. Do not apply work-experience, entertainment or other special exceptions through TaskTeens.

4. First meeting, travel and check-ins

A parent or guardian goes with the teen to the first meeting with each poster, checks that the address and conditions match the listing, and approves a travel and check-in plan. TaskTeens does not provide transportation. The teen must have a working way to reach their parent and 911, and the parent must be reachable during the job. A teen may ask for their parent to be present for any job.

5. Childcare

Childcare support listings must be posted by the child's parent or guardian, show the TrustLine notice, and state the age of the youngest child (5 or older). The child's parent or guardian must be home the whole time. Do not publish children's names, schedules, photos or health information in a listing. A label such as "babysitting" does not create a legal exemption.

6. Conduct and boundaries

No harassment, grooming, coercion, retaliation, unlawful discrimination, surprise duties, unsafe rides or requests for secrecy. A teen's or guardian's refusal, or a good-faith report, never reduces platform access. Stop for unsafe conditions; nobody has to collect proof before leaving. Injuries, lost property or pet incidents are handled factually, without pressuring a minor to admit fault or give up wages.

No photos or videos of a teen for publicity without separate permission. No gifts seeking favor, off-platform relationship requests, closed-door meetings or private transportation. A poster may never take a teen's phone, block an exit, ask for a non-disclosure agreement about mistreatment, or insist a teen keep doing an unsafe task.

7. Pay

Paid listings meet the pay floor in the Terms of Use (section 6): at least the minimum wage where the work happens. A business cannot avoid wages by calling ordinary work volunteering, a trial or an internship.

8. Reports

Anyone can report unsafe conduct, harassment, an injury, nonpayment, damage, a missing pet, account misuse or a privacy concern using Report or Get help, or at hello@taskteens.com. Evidence is optional. Emergencies and suspected child abuse must also go to the right authorities — our form is not a substitute.

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