Nonagricultural Jobs (Child Labor)
Regulations governing youth employment in nonfarm jobs differ
somewhat from those pertaining to agricultural employment. In
nonfarm work, the permissible jobs and hours of work, by age,
are as follows:
? Youths 18 years or older may perform any job, whether hazardous
or not, for unlimited hours;
? Youths 16 and 17 years old may perform any nonhazardous job,
for unlimited hours; and
? Youths 14 and 15 years old may work outside school hours in
various nonmanufacturing, nonmining, nonhazardous jobs under
the following conditions: no more than 3 hours on a school day,
18 hours in a school week, 8 hours on a nonschool day, or 40
hours in a nonschool week. Also, work may not begin before 7
a.m., nor end after 7 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor
Day, when evening hours are extended to 9 p.m. Under a special
provision, youths 14 and 15 years old enrolled in an approved
Work Experience and Career Exploration Program (WECEP) may be
employed for up to 23 hours in school weeks and 3 hours on school
days (including during school hours).
Fourteen is the minimum age for most nonfarm work. However,
at any age, youths may deliver newspapers; perform in radio,
television, movie, or theatrical productions; work for parents
in their solely-owned nonfarm business (except in manufacturing
or on hazardous jobs); or, gather evergreens and make evergreen
wreaths.
|
