Non-Agricultural Employment
Minimum Age for Employment:
The minimum age for employment is 14 years old. There are some exceptions such as newspaper delivery; performing in radio, television, movie, or theatrical productions; and work for parents in their solely-owned nonfarm business (except in manufacturing or in hazardous jobs).
Hours of Employment:
* 14- and 15-year-olds may be employed outside of school hours for a maximum of 3 hours per day and 18 hours per week when school is in session and a maximum of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week when school is not in session. This age group is prohibited from working before 7 a.m. and after 7 p.m., except during summers when they may work until 9 p.m. (from June 1 through Labor Day).
Hazardous Employment:
There are seventeen prohibited jobs for youth under the age of 18.
Agricultural Employment
Minimum Age for Employment:
* 10- and 11-year-olds may perform jobs on farms owned or operated by parent(s), or with a parent's written consent, outside of school hours in nonhazardous jobs on farms not covered by minimum wage requirements.
* 12- and 13-year-olds may work outside of school hours in non-hazardous jobs, either with a parent's written consent or on the same farm as the parent(s).
* 14- and 15-year-olds may perform any non-hazardous farm job outside of school hours.
Hours of Employment:
Youth under the age of 16 are restricted from employment during school hours.
Hazardous Employment:
Youth under the age of 16 are prohibited from certain occupations and activities which the U.S. Secretary of Labor has determined to be hazardous. Contact the U.S. Department of Labor for more information.
Please see website for more info: http://www.stopchildlabor.org/USchildlabor/fact1.htm