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I'm as excited as a schoolboy! Our fourth annual Our Youth at Work Simulcast is upon us, and it's (almost) as big as my ambition for the event! Executives from more than 60 major Ontario employers, such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Hydro One (they're sending six teams, including their president & CEO, Laura Formusa shown here), Weston Bakeries, Goodyear, Cineplex and many, many more - are standing up in front of thousands of high school students on April 18.

Here's a horror story of the first job of a teenage daughter of my friend (don't worry, this story has a happy ending).

Last summer Colleen, then 15, worked at a small family-owned deli and bakery and right from the get-go she had a heck of a time getting what she was due, and zero luck getting protected or treated with respect. Just a few of her problems at this job: