Legal analysis: not illegal. Migrant workers above 16 and below 18 are underage workers, but the Labor Law restricts enterprises from recruiting underage workers and stipulates that enterprises should implement specific protection measures for underage workers. Therefore, underage workers are not suitable for working in enterprises with long working hours and high labor intensity, which will affect the healthy development of the body. According to the regulations, adults are persons with full capacity for civil conduct and can independently carry out civil legal acts. /kloc-Minors over 0/6 years old whose main source of livelihood is their own labor income are regarded as persons with full capacity for civil conduct.
Legal basis: Article 18 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC). Adults with full capacity for civil conduct can independently carry out civil legal acts. /kloc-Minors over 0/6 years old whose main source of livelihood is their own labor income are regarded as persons with full capacity for civil conduct.