Furniture Designer Legally Employs Young Sons To Add Imperfect Finishing Touches
Dutch industrial designer Lucas Maassen recently employed his three sons and made them each sign an official professional working contract. Thijme (9 years old), Julian and Maris (both 7 years old) work in compliance with Dutch child labor laws. This means, they’re limited to working only three hours per week.
The three sons work every Tuesday 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. with a 15-minute break in between. They receive €1 per furniture piece completed and have employee benefits such as 12 vacation days per year and receive a 5% salary vacation allowance per annum.
Maassen has the boys working on the Furniture Factory project where their amateur painting skills bring a unique finishing to the furniture pieces. The results are described as “incompletely beautiful.”
Watch the video below to see Maassen’s sons busy at work.
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