Important Additional Information

Work Permits Exemptions:

• Minors who have high school diplomas or passed the state proficiency examination

• Employment type:
  - Private homes doing occasional odd jobs
  - Self-employment
  - Agricultural or domestic work on property owned, operated, or controlled by minor's parents

Work Permits Must:

• Be renewed at the start of each new school year or when the student obtains a new job.

• Be kept on file at the minor's work site.

Workers' Compensation Insurance:

All minors must be covered by Workers' Compensation Insurance, including minors employed by parents and minors employed by businesses operating from a private residence.

HOURS MINORS ARE ALLOWED TO WORK

Ages 16-17

School in Session

• 4 hours maximum per day Monday-Thursday.

• 8 hours maximum per day Friday-Sunday.

• 32 total hours per week

• 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• 5 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. if no school next day

School in Session, Student Enrolled in Work Experience Education

• 8 hours maximum per day

• 48 total hours per week

• 5 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. any day of the week

Summer/Vacation

• 8 hours maximum per day

• 48 total hours per week

• 5 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. any day of the week

Ages 14-15

School in Session

• 3 hours maximum per day Mon.-Fri.

• 8 hours maximum per day Sat.-Sun.

• 18 total hours per week

• 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Summer/Vacation

• 8 hours maximum per day

• 40 total hours per week

• 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. any day of the week (summer hours 6/1 through Labor Day 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.)

PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT

Hazardous Occupations for All Minors - Federal Law

The federal government, under the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA), has listed Hazardous Occupations in which minors under the age of 18 years are prohibited from working.

• Motor vehicle driving on public roads (This does not prohibit a minor from driving on private property e.g. auto dealer lot)

• Power-driven woodworking machines

• Exposure to radioactive substances

• Power-driven hoisting apparatus (Includes automobile hoist, lift truck, fork lift, elevator, crane, derrick, bobcat, etc.)

• Power-driven metal-forming, punching, & shearing machines (Includes rolling machines, pressing or punching machines, bending machines, etc.)

• Power-driven bakery machines (Includes dough mixer, batter mixer, bread divider, molding machine, bread slicing and wrapping, cookie or cracker machine.)

• Power-driven paper-products machines (Includes paper bailers, box crushers, etc.)

• Power-driven circular saws, band saws, & guillotine shears

• Roofing operations

• Excavation operations

For a complete list, contact the Federal Wage & Hour Office at (619) 557-5110

Minors Under 18 Years of Age Are Prohibited In:

• Selling or serving alcoholic beverages

• Building or construction work of any kind

• Delivering goods from motor vehicles

• The vicinity of moving machinery

• Hazardous occupations

• Operating an auto or truck

• The vicinity of explosives

Hazardous Occupations for Minors Under 16 Years of Age - California Law

• In or about a gasoline service station except as cashiers, clerical workers, or merchandise labelers.

• Public messenger service.

• In or about dangerous equipment & power driven machinery, aircraft, or vessels.

• Selling to passing motorists: newspapers, candy, flowers, or other merchandise or commodities.

• Selling door-to-door unless the following conditions are met:

1. Minors work in pairs as team;

2. One adult supervisor for ten or fewer minors;

3. Within sight or sound of supervisor once every 15 minutes;

4. Returned to home or rendezvous point daily;

5. Employer has complied with IWC registration requirements.