Child Labor Law Compliance

(a) Minors shall be employed and scheduled in conformance with existing child labor laws and compulsory school attendance laws.

(b) Unless otherwise exempt, a minor employee must be paid according to the statutory minimum wage and overtime provisions (currently one and one-half (1½) times the employee's regular wage after forty (40) hours worked in a work week) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.

(c) Employees 14 and 15 years old may not be employed:

1. [1]During school hours, except as provided for in work experience and career exploration programs.
2. [2]Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m., except 9 p.m. from June 1 through Labor Day (time depends on local standards).
3. [3]More than three (3) hours a day on school days.
4. [4]More than eighteen (18) hours a week, in school weeks.
5. [5]More than eight (8) hours a day, on non-school days.
6. [6]More than forty (40) hours a week, in non-school weeks.
7. [7]In any occupations found and declared to be hazardous.
8. [8]In the operation or tending of hoisting apparatus.
9. [9]In the operation or tending of any power-driven machinery.
10. [10]Outside window washing that involves working from window sills, and all work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds or their substitutes.

(d) Employees sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) years old are subject to Department of Labor Orders when working in any occupations which the Secretary of Labor shall find and by order declare to be particularly hazardous or detrimental to their health and well-being as set forth in WH Publication 1330, entitled Child Labor Requirements in Nonagricultural Occupations.