Federal Child Labor Laws
(As provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act - Section 3, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 203).
14 AND 15 YEAR OLD MINORS MAY NOT BE EMPLOYED:
* During school hours, except as provided for under the Work Experience and Career Exploration Program.
* Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. except 9 p.m. from June 1 through Labor Day (time depends on local standards).
* More than 3 Hours a day on school days.
* More than 18 hours a week in school weeks.
* More than 8 hours a day on nonschool days.
* More than 40 hours a week in nonschool weeks.
14 AND 15 YEAR OLD MINORS MAY NOT BE EMPLOYED IN:
* Any manufacturing occupation.
* Any mining occupation.
* Processing occupations.
* Occupations requiring the performance of any duties in workrooms or workplaces where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise processed.
* Public messenger service.
* Operation or tending or hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery.
* Any occupations found and declared to be hazardous.
* Occupations in connection with transportation, warehousing and storage, communications, public utilities, and construction.
Any of the following occupations in a retail, food service, or gasoline service establishment: Cooking (except at soda fountains, lunch counters, snack bars, or cafeteria serving counters) and baking; Occupations which involve operating, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders, food choppers and cutters and bakery-type mixers. Work in freezers and meat coolers and all work in preparation of meats for sale (except wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing and stocking when performed in other areas); Loading and unloading goods to and from trucks, railroad cars or conveyors.
The above is not all inclusive. For additional information contact any office of the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage-Hour Division.
