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The legal working age is the minimum age required by law in each country or jurisdiction for a young person who has not yet reached the age of majority to be allowed to work. Activities that are dangerous, harmful to the health or that may affect the morals or well-being of minors fall into this category.
It is forbidden to employ workers under 18 years of age for arduous, unhealthy, or hazardous work. 14: The working week for young workers between 14 and 16 years of age should not be more than 3 hours per day and 15 hours per week, only in the mother's, father's or legal guardian's company. 16: Young workers aged over 16 but under 18, have the right to work during normal business hours 18: Unrestricted[5]
14: (Employment during school hours is prohibited; Night work is prohibited; Industrial work is prohibited; Conditions in respect of young persons: in a school day, for not more than three hours, in a school week, for not more than twenty-four hours, in a non-school day, for not more than eight hours, in a non-school week, for not more than forty hours.) 16: (Unrestricted)[6]
10: Independent work (e.g. street selling) with parent permission and government supervision 12: Contract work (for a boss) with parent permission and government supervision; no more than 6 hours per day, not during school hours, and if it does not interfere with schooling
In Brazil, any work for minors under 16 years of age is forbidden, except for apprentices, who can start working at 14 years old. Until the age of 18, it is strictly prohibited for the teenagers to work at night or in dangerous or unhealthy conditions.[8] 14: Only apprentices can start working. It is forbidden to work in any other job. 16: Teenagers are allowed to work in any job, but they are prohibited to work at night or in dangerous or unhealthy conditions. 18: Unrestricted.
13: A permit from Employment Standards is generally needed. May not work more than 2 hours on a school day and 8 hours on a non-school day. May not work between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00a.m. Parental consent is required.
15: Can work in most fields, but special rules apply for workers in restaurants, bars, retail stores, gas stations, hotels and motels. No working from midnight to 6:00 a.m.
18: Unrestricted
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation[9]
12: May perform non-harmful work for family-owned businesses. May also work as camp assistant, assistant coach, referee or umpire.
14: May perform "light work", such as cleaning, dishwashing, and stocking shelves. Parental consent is required and workers under 15 face further restrictions. Including not being able work more than 4 hours during a school day or 7 hours when school is not in session.
16: Can work in most fields. Employment in hazardous industries is restricted.
None: New Brunswick does not have a minimum working age, but employers may not employ individuals under 16 in employment that is "unwholesome or harmful" to the their health, welfare or moral or physical development. Additionally, some industry specific restrictions apply on workers under 14 (see below). Workers under 16 can work a maximum of 3 hours on a school day and a maximum 6 hours on a non-school day. Can not work from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00a.m.
14: Can work in industrial undertakings, forestry, construction, hotels and restaurants, automotive servicing, theatre and dance halls, shooting ranges, and as an elevator operator, but the "unwholesome or harmful" rule still applies. Hours restrictions still apply.
14: Can generally work with written permission from parents. No dangerous work is permitted. Can not work more than 3 hours on a school days and 8 hours on a non-school day. May not work between 10p.m. and 7a.m.
None: There is no minimum work age is the Northwest territories but employment that is detrimental to the health, education or moral character of the children is not permitted. Children are not permitted to work between 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. without the approval of a Labour Standards Officer
None: Nova Scotia does not have a minimum work age but dangerous work is not permitted for individuals under 16. Individuals under 14 can not work more than 3 hours on a school day or 8 hours on a non-school day. No working between 10p.m. and 6a.m. is permitted for workers under the age of 14.
14: Can generally work like an adult but no dangerous work is permitted. And no work in mining, manufacturing, construction, forestry, garages and automobile service stations, hotels, pool rooms, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, or theatres is permitted.
16: Unrestricted
Labour Standards Code General Labour Standards Code Regulations[14]
None: There is no minimum age of work in Nunavut but employment may not be detrimental to the health, education or moral character of children. Children are not permitted to work between 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. without the approval of a Labour Standards Officer
14: Minimum work age for all industrial establishments not covered below, including offices, stores, arenas, and restaurant servicing areas. Note, since the minimum work age is set through occupational health regulations and not a de jure requirement, there is no minimum work age for work that happens outside a workplace, such as babysitting.
15: Minimum work age for most "factories", including manufacturing and assembly plants, repair shops, restaurant kitchens, automotive service garages, grocery stores, laundries, and warehouses.
16: Minimum work age for construction, mining plants or surface mines (but in not in their working face), and logging operations.
18: Minimum age for work in an underground mine, the working face of surface mine, window cleaning, or on a offshore oil and gas rig.
None: There is no minimum age of work in Prince Edward Island, but no employer may employ a person under 16 in employment that is likely to be harmful to their health or safety, or moral or physical development. No employee under the age of 16 may work more than 3 hours on a school day or 8 hours on a non-school day (A weekly maximum of 40 hours also applies). No worker under the age of 16 may work between 11p.m. and 7a.m.
None: Quebec does not have a minimum work age, but no minor may be employed during school hours or in dangerous work, or work between 11p.m. and 6a.m. Workers under 14 also need parental consent.
18: Unrestricted
Legislation establishing a minimum work age of 14 and restricted hours for workers under 17 has been proposed by the government and is pending as of March 2023.
14: May work with written permission of a parent or guardian. Cannot work after 10p.m. on a day before a school day; Cannot work more than 16 hours during a week. Must have a certificate from the Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course.
16: Minimum working age without parental permission. Minimum age to work in construction, pulp mills, sawmills or woodworking, smelters, foundries, refineries, metal processing or fabricating, a confined space, meat, fish or poultry processing, forestry or logging, oil drilling or servicing rigs, as an operator of powered mobile equipment, crane or hoist, where exposure to a chemical or biological substance is likely to endanger health or safety and power line construction or maintenance.
18: Unrestricted. Minimum age to work in mining, as a radiation worker, an asbestos process, a silica process and any job requiring an atmosphere-supplying respirator
19: Minimum age to sell, handle or serve alcohol.
The Labour Standards Act The Occupational Health and Safety Act The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act[18]
12: May work with parental consent as a delivery person for small items for retain stores, as a clerk or messenger in an office or retail store, as a delivery person for newspapers and flyers, and in the restaurant and food services industry. But the employment must not be injurious to the life, health, education, or welfare of the worker. A worker under 16 may not work more than 2 hours on a school day, or 8 hours on a non-school day, and may not work between 9p.m. and 6:00a.m.
16: May work in most fields, but not in forestry, sawmills and pulp mills, underground mines, occupations involving the removal of asbestos, and in dangerous enclosed spaces. Generally cannot work from 12:01 a.m. to 6:00a.m.
18: Unrestricted
Employment Standards Act YOUNG WORKER PROTECTION ACT[19]
12: No person shall take into his employment or employ in any occupation whatsoever any child; but a child may be employed in the domestic work or agricultural work of a light nature at home by the parents or guardian of the child. 18: (Unrestricted)[20]
18: Unrestricted[21] Children below the age 14 are not allowed to enter the workforce. Minors between the ages of 14 and 18 may work with permission from the Ministry of Labor if their employment is indispensable to either themselves or their family.
Minimum Age Standards for nonagricultural Employment
None: deliver newspapers; perform in radio, television, movie, or theatrical productions; work in businesses owned by their parents (except in mining, manufacturing or hazardous jobs); and perform babysitting or perform minor chores around a private home.[23]
14: Minimum age for employment in specified occupations outside of school hours for limited periods of time each day and each week.
16: Basic minimum age for employment. At 16 years of age, youth may be employed for unlimited hours in any occupation other than one declared to be hazardous by the Secretary of Labor.
18: Minimum age for employment in nonagricultural occupations declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor.
Occupation Standards:
14Minimum age to work (in/as): Office and clerical Work; Work of an intellectual or artistically creative nature; Cooking (except for: cooking over an open flame, and using equipment such as rotisseries, broilers, pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as "Neico broilers." ); Cashiering, selling, modelling, art work, work in advertising departments, windows trimming and comparative shopping; Price marking, assembling orders, packing and shelving; Delivery work (only by foot, bicycle, and public transportation); Cleanup work; Kitchen work (and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages); Cleaning kitchen equipment; Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing pricing and stocking of items including vegetables, fruits and meat; Loading and unloading from motor vehicles; Lifeguard (But not at a natural environment such as an ocean side beach, lake, pond, river, quarry, or pier); Work in connection with cars and trucks;[24]
16 Unrestricted for Nonagricultural Employment Minimum age to work (in/as): Manufactoring occupation; Mining occopation; Any occupation found and declared to be hazardous by the secretary of labour; Occupations involved with the operating, tending, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling or repairing of hoisting apparatus; Workperformed in or about boiler or engine rooms or in connection with the maintenance or repair of the establishment, machines, or equipment; Occupations involved with the operating, tending, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling or repairing or of any power-driven machinery; The operation of motor vehicles or service as heleprs on such vehicles; Outside windows washing that involves working from window sills; All work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds or their substitutes; Baking and most cooking activities; Work in freezers and meat coolers and all work in the processing of meat for sale; Loading or unloading of goods or property onto or from motor vehicles, railroad cars and conveyors; Catching and cooping of oultry in preparation for transport or for market; Public messinger service;[25]
18Minimum age to work (in/as): Manufacturing and storing of explosives; Motor-vehicle driving and outside helper on a motor vehicle; Coal mining; Occupations in forest fire fighting, forest fire prevention, timber tract operations, forestry service, logging, and sawmilling; Using Power-driven woodworking machines; Exposure to radioactive substances; Power-driven hoisting apparatus, including forklifts; Power-driven metal-forming, punching, and shearing machines; Mining, other than coal mining; Operating power-driven meat processing equipment, including meat slicers and other food slicers, in retail establishments (such as grocery stores, restaurants kitchens and delis) and wholesale establishments, and most occupations in meat and poultry slaughtering, packing, processing, orrendering; Power-driven bakery machines including vertical dough or batter mixers; Power-driven balers, compactors, and paper pro cessing machines; Manufacturing bricks, tile, and kindred products; Power-driven circular saws, bandsaws, chain saws, guillotine shears, wood chippers, and abrasive cutting discs; Wrecking, demolition, and shipbreaking operations; Roofing operations and all work on or about a roof; Excavation operations;[26]
14: Fourteen- and 15-Year-Olds may not be employed before 7a.m. or after 7p.m. except from June 1 through Labor Day when the evening hour is extended to 9p.m. (time is based on local standards; i.e., whether the locality has adopted daylight saving time); More than 3 hours a day on a school day, including Fridays; More than 8 hours a day on a nonschool day; More than 18 hours a week during a school weeks; More than 40 hours a week during nonschool weeks.
16: Unrestricted (State-law may extend restrictions for 16 and 17 year old)
None: (21 years of age to serve alcoholic beverages for the consumption on premises (19 if licensee is RVP certified); 18 years of age to work in that part of an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold or served for consumption on premises; 14/15 year olds may not work in an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or dispensed for consumption on premises.)
Working hours:
14: During the Months when Public Schools are in Session: No more than 3 hours after school; No more than 8 hours on a non-school day; No more than 6 days per week; No more than 18 hours per week; Not before 7am or after 7pm each day; Not during school hours. During the Summer Months: No more than 8 hours a day; No more than 6 days per week; No more than 40 hours per week; Not before 7am or after 9pm each day.
16: During the Months when Public Schools are in Session: Minors 16-17-18 years old, who are enrolled in public or private school, may not work after 10pm or before 5am on any night preceding a school day. During the Summer Months: No hour restrictions during summer break.
None: For: Newspaper sales and delivery. Babysitting, handiwork and domestic employment in or about private homes. Occupations in the entertainment industry, with an approved work permit from the Alaska Wage and Hour Administration.
14: No dangerous or hard work; Maximum 9 hours per day (school + working); Working is prohibited from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Maximum 23 working hours per week; During school vacations, work hours will be limited to 40 hours per week between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
16: All minors 16 and under must have a work permit on file with the department. If the employer has a restaurant designation and is licensed to sell alcohol, then all minors 17 years of age must also have an approved work permit
18: Unrestricted
19: Selling tobacco or tobacco products
21: Selling, stocking or serving alcoholic beverages.
See federal law (some additional restrictions by state law)
Working hours:
14: Maximum of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week during the non-school day period; During the school day can only work 3 hours per day and 18 hours per school week; Arizona law further limits employment of children under the age of 16 making it unlawful for a child under the age of 16 to work between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 6a.m. If the child is working in door-to-door sales or deliveries, they may not work between the hours of 7p.m. and 6a.m.
The following working restrictions do not apply for minors age 16 and 17 under following provisions: 1. He/she has graduate of any high school, vocational school, or technical school 2. He/she is married or is a parent.
Additional Working Restrictions:
Under 14 No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed or permitted to work in any remunerative occupation in this state, except that during school vacation, children under fourteen years may be employed by their parents or guardians in occupations owned or controlled by them.
16 No child under sixteen years shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation dangerous to the life and limb, or injurious to the health and morals of the child, or in any saloon, resort, or bar where intoxicating liquors of any kind are sold or dispensed.
No child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any capacity:
In, about, or in connection with any processes in which dangerous or poisonous acids or gases or other chemicals are used;
In soldering;
In occupations causing dust in injurious quantities;
In scaffolding;
In heavy work in the building trades;
In any tunnel or excavation;
In any mine, coal breaker, coke oven, or quarry; or
In any pool or billiard room.
18 Unrestricted.
Working hours:
14: may not work: more than six days in any week; more than forty-eight hours in any week; more than eight hours in any day; before 6:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., except that on nights preceding nonschool days, they may work until 9:00 p.m.
16: May not work: more than six (6) days in any week; more than fifty-four (54) hours in any week; more than ten (10) consecutive hours in any day; more than ten (10) hours in a twenty-four-hour period; or before 6:00 a.m. or after 11:00 p.m., except that children ages sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) years may be employed until 12:00 midnight on nights preceding nonschool days.
12 Minimum age to work: in connection with the occupation of selling or distributing newspapers, magazines, periodicals or circulars.
16 Minimum age to work: in any type of mechanical work or any work in a gasoline service establishment; with Dispensing gas or oil, as Courtesy service and for Car cleaning, washing, and polishing; In an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises if supervised by someone over the age of 21.
18 Minimum age to: perform an act in a premises where alcohol is served; serve alcohol in a bona fide public eating establishment if the person is no employed as a bartender and the service is in that part of the establishment used for the sale and service of food; To sell lottery tickets if supervised by someone over the age of 21.
21 Minimum age to: sell or serve alcoholic beverages unrestricted; sell lottery tickets unrestricted.
Working hours
12: School in session: May be employed only during school holidays and vacations (usually construed to include weekends). May never be employed on any schoolday, either before or after school. School not in session: 8 hours per day; 40 hours per week Spread of hours: 7a.m. – 7p.m., except that from June 1 through Labor Day, until 9p.m.
14: (Must have completed 7th grade to work while school in session) School in session: 3 hours per schoolday outside of school hours; 18 hours per week School not in session: 8 hours per day; 40 hours per week Spread of hours: 7a.m. – 7p.m., except that from June 1 through Labor Day, until 9p.m
16: (Must have completed 7th grade to work while school in session) School in session: 4 hours per day on any schoolday; 48 hours per week School not in session: 8 hours per day; 48 hours per week Spread of hours: 5a.m. – 10p.m. However, until 12:30 a.m. on any evening preceding a nonschoolday.
9: Minimum age to: Delivery of handbills and advertising; Shoe shining; Gardening and care of lawns involving no power-driven lawn equipment; Cleaning of walks involving no power-driven snow-removal equipment; Casual work usual to the home of the employer and not specifically prohibited; Caddying on golf courses; Occupations similar to the above.
12: Minimum age to: Sale and delivery of periodicals; Door-to-door selling and delivery of merchandise; Baby-sitting; Gardening and care of lawns, and cleaningof walks; contact the Division regarding use of power-driven equipment; Non-hazardous agricultural work; Occupations similar to the above.
14: Minimum age to: on-hazardous occupations in manufacturing; Public messenger service and errands by foot, bicycle and public transportation; Operation of automatic enclosed freight and passenger elevators.; Janitorial and custodial service; Office work and clerical work; Warehousing and storage, including unloading and loading of vehicles; Non-hazardous construction and non-hazardous repair work; Occupations in retail food service; Certain gasoline service occupations; Occupations in retail stores; Occupations in restaurants, hotels, motels, or other public accommodations; Occupations related to parks or recreation; Occupations similar to the above.
16: Minimum age to: The occupations listed above and the operation of a motor vehicle if the minor is licensed to operate the motor vehicle for such use pursuant.
18: Minimum age to: Sell, or serve alcoholic beverages if supervised by someone 21 years of age or older.
21: Minimum age to: Sell, or server alcoholic beverages (unrestricted).
Work hour restriction:
General Restriction: No employer shall be permitted to work a minor more than forty hours in a week or more than eight hours in any twenty-four-hour period.
Schoolday Restriction: On school days, during school hours, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted employment except as provided by a school release permit. After school hours no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted to work in excess of six hours unless the next day is not a school day.
Nighttime Restriction: Except for babysitters, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted to work between the hours of nine-thirty p.m. and five a.m., unless the next day is not a school day. An exception to this rule is a minor employed as an actor, model, or performer.
Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act (C.R.S. 8–12-101 et seq.)[33]
14: Minimum age to work (in/as): Agriculture; Street trades (newspaper delivery, shoe shining, baby-sitting, etc.); Hospitals (no food service or laundry); Convalescent homes (no food service or laundry); Hotels and motels (no food service or laundry); Banks; Insurance companies; Professional offices (lawyers, CPAs, etc.); Municipalities (library attendants, recreation departments, etc.); Golf caddies; Acting; Household chores for private homeowners (yard work, etc.); Licensed summer camps; Mercantile/solicitation;
15: Minimum age to work (in/as): Mercantile establishment as a bagger, cashier, or stock clerk (this also includes the sale of alcohol in grocery stores)
16: Unrestricted
18: Minimum age to: Sell, or serve alcoholic beverages. Sell tobacco products.
Work hour restriction:
14: May not be employed: During school hours; Before 7a.m. or after 7p.m., except from July 1 to Labor Day, when evening hours are extended to 9p.m.; More than 3 hours per day on school days or 8 hours on non-school days; More than 18 hours a week in school weeks or 40 hours in non-school weeks.
21: Sell alcoholic beverages and to work as a barkeeper.
Work hour restriction:
14: Before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.- except from June 1 through Labor Day when the evening hour shall be extended to 9:00 p.m.; More than four hours per day on school days; More than eight hours per day on non-school days; More than eighteen (18) hours in any week when school is in session for 5 days; More than six (6) days in any week; More than forty (40) hours per week when school is not in session.
16: May not work more than twelve hours in a combination of school and work hours per day. Must have at least eight consecutive hours of non-work, non-school time in each 24-hour period. May not work more than five hours continuously without a non-work period of at least 30 consecutive minutes.
None: Minors who work for their parents in occupations not declared hazardous in the Florida legislature; Newspaper delivery (10 years old); Minors in the entertainment industry registered with Child Labor; Compliance;
14: Minimum working age
16: For the handling certain dangerous animals; Conducting door-to-door sales of products as employment (some exceptions); Spray painting
18: Unrestricted. Sell alcoholic beverages (as such as beer, and wine) and to work as a barkeeper. Sell tobacco products.
21: Sell alcoholic beverages (Spirits).
Work hour restriction:
14: May work up to 15 hours per week. Not before 7a.m. or after 7p.m. and for no more than 3 hours a day on school days, when a school day follows. May work up to 8 hours on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and on nonschool days, when school days do not follow, until 9p.m.
16: May work up to 30 hours per week. Not before 6:30 a.m. or later than 11p.m. and for no more than 8 hours a day when school is scheduled the following day. On days when school does not follow, there are no hour restrictions.
18: Unrestricted
The State of Florida and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)[37]
Under 12: No minor under 12 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation at any time, provided that this Code section shall not be construed to apply to employment of a minor in agriculture, domestic service in private homes, or any specific employment permitted by this chapter or to employment by a parent or a person standing in the place of a parent.
Other restrictions are similar to the federal laws.
Work hour restriction:
14: 4 hours on a school day; 8 hours on a nonschool day; 40 hours during a nonschool week; Not work before 6a.m.; Not work after 9p.m.
None (18 years of age to sell alcoholic beverages and to work as a barkeeper)
Work hour restrictions:
14: Not more than 3 hours per day on a school day, and 8 hours per day on a non-school day. During a school week, not more than 18 hours per week. During a non-school week, not more than 40 hours per week. On school days and the day before a school day: Between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. On non-school days and the day before a non-school day: Between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Not more than 6 consecutive days, and 5 consecutive hours without at least a 30-minute rest or meal period.
16: Unrestricted
Work hour restrictions:
14 Not more than 3 hours per day on a school day, and 8 hours per day on a non-school day. During a school week, not more than 18 hours per week. During a non-school week, not more than 40 hours per week. On school days and the day before a school day: Between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. On non-school days and the day before a non-school day: Between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Not more than 6 consecutive days, and 5 consecutive hours without at least a 30-minute rest or meal period.
None (19 years of age to handle sales of alcohol or to serve it in a restaurants)
Work hour restrictions:
14: No person under the age of sixteen years shall be employed or suffered or permitted to work at any gainful occupation more than fifty-four hours in any one week, nor more than nine hours in any one day; nor before the hour of six o'clock in the morning nor after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening.
16: Unrestricted
Idaho Statutes 44-1301, 44-1302, 44-1303 and 44-1304
None (18 years of age to sell tobacco products; 19 years of age can "ring-up" the sale of alcoholic beverages in the course of their employment at a drug or grocery store if there is at least one other employee on the licensed premise who is twenty-one years of age or older)
Work hour restrictions:
14: Restricted to: 3 hours per school day; 8 hours per non-school day; 18 hours per school week; 40 hours per non-school week; No work before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. (except 9:00 p.m. June 1 through Labor Day)
16: Restricted to: 8 hours per school day; 9 hours per day not followed by a school day; 30 hours per week; 40 hours per school week; 48 hours per non-school week; No more than 6 working days per week; No work before 6:00 a.m.; Work until 10:00 p.m. on nights followed by a school day; Work until 12:00 a.m. on nights not followed by a school day.
17: 16's Restrictions apply but working: Until 10:00 p.m. on nights followed by a school day; Until 11:30 p.m. on nights followed by a school day; Until 1:00 a.m. on nights followed by a school day, but not on consecutive nights and not more than two school nights per week is permitted.
18: Unrestricted
Indiana Child Labor Law 905 IAC 1-15.3-1 IC 7.1-5-7-13 IC 35-46-1-11.7
None (16 years of age to sell liquor, wine, or beer in original unopened containers for off-premises consumption (grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, etc.); 18 years of age to sell and dispense liquor, wine, or beer for on-premises consumption (restaurants, bars, clubs, etc.); 21 years of age to deliver liquor, wine, or beer in original unopened containers to a home or other designated location for personal use (licensees and permittees authorized to sell liquor, wine, or beer for off-premises consumption))
Work hour restrictions:
14: Permitted: outside school hours, between 7a.m. and 7p.m., from the day after Labor Day (in September) through May 31, and no more than four hours per day, Monday through Friday, or eight hours per day on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. No more than a total of 28 hours per week is allowed. From June 1 through Labor Day, a minor may work up to eight hours per day between 7a.m. and 9p.m., but not more than 40 hours per week.
Minors under the age of 18 are prohibited from working in/as: Occupations in or about Plants or Establishments Manufacturing or Storing Explosives or Articles Containing Explosive Components; Motor-vehicle Driver and outside helper on a motor vehicle; Coal Mine Occupations; Logging or Sawmill Operations; Operation of Power-Driven Woodworking machines; Exposure to Radioactive Substances; Power-driven hoisting apparatus, including forklifts; Operation of Power-Driven Metal Forming, punching, and shearing machines; Mining, other than coal mining; Operation of Power-driven bakery machines including vertical dough or batter mixers; Manufacturing bricks, tile, and kindred products; Wrecking, demolition, and shipbreaking operations; Roofing operations and all work on or about a roof; In, about or in connection with any establishment where alcoholic liquors are distilled, rectified, compounded, brewed, manufactured, bottled, sold for consumption or dispensed unless permitted by the rules and regulations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (except they may be employed in places where the sale of alcoholic beverages by the package is merely incidental to the main business actually conducted); Pool or Billiard Room.
Work hour restrictions:
14: May not work (more than): before 7:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. June 1 through Labor Day); 3 Hours per day on a school day; 8 Hours per day on a nonschool day; 18 Hours per week (if school is in session) and 8 Hours per day 40 Hours per Week (if school is not in session)
16: May not work (more than): before 6:00 a.m. and after 10:30 p.m. preceding aschool day/1:00 a.m. preceding a nonschool day;6 Hours per day on a school day; 8 Hours per day on a nonschool day; 30 Hours per week (if school is in session); No restrictions if school is not in session.
None (18 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol or as a bartender. Age is not a factor in working for any business for which selling alcohol is not their primary purpose as long as that business holds an off-premises license, meaning alcohol cannot be consumed on the property.)
Work hour restrictions:
12: Permitted if: The minor's parent or legal guardian is an owner or partner in the business in which the minor is to be employed. The minor works only under the direct supervision of the parent or legal guardian who owns or is a part ner in the business. All of the protections afforded to minors fourteen and fifteen years of age shall be afforded to minors twelve and thirteen years of age.
14: Minors age 14 to 15 may be employed only after school hours and during nonschool days, but only under highly regulated circumstances. Prohibitions: more than six hours in any day; more than 24 hours in any week; between the hours of 11p.m. and 6a.m.
Restrictions for commercial motion picture, film or video productions, or modeling:
Prohibited: before 7a.m. for studio production, 6a.m. for location productions; for minors under six years of age, after 7p.m. for minors six years of age to 15 years of age, 8p.m. on any day prior to a day during which school is in session or 10p.m. on any day prior to a day during which school is not in session, as defined by the local superintendent for the school district in which the minor resides;
Minors under six years of age shall not work more than six hours per day; minors six years of age to 15 years of age shall not work more than eight hours per day
Minors shall receive a 12-hour rest break at the end of each work day, before the commencement of the next day of work
Minors shall not be employed more than six consecutive days in any one week, nor more than 36 hours per week for minors under six years of age, nor more than 48 hours per week for minors six years of age to 15 years of age
16: Minors age 16 may not work between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on any day before a day school is in session.
17: Minors age 17 may not work between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. on any day before a day when school is in session. These restrictions do not apply to minors who have graduated from high school.
La. R.S. 23:151 et seq.and La. Admin. Code tit. 40, sec. VII. 103-303
None (17 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that serves alcohol or as a bartender and handle, transport, and sell beer, wine, and spirits. The presence of a supervisor over the age of 21 is required)
Work hour restrictions:
14: No more than 6 days in a row; Cannot work before 7:00 a.m.; Not after 7:00 p.m. during school year; Cannot work after 9:00 p.m. during summer vacation.
When School is not in Session: No more than 8 hours in any one day (weekend, holiday, vacation or workshop); Not more than 40 hours in a week (school must be out entire week).
When School is in Session: No more than 3 hours on a school day, including Friday; Not more than 18 hours in a week that school is in session one or more days;
16: No more than 6 days in a row; Cannot work before 7:00 a.m. on a school day; Cannot work before 5:00 a.m. on a non-school day; Cannot work after 10:15 p.m. the night before a school day; Can work up to midnight when there is no school the next day.
When School is not in Session: No more than 10 hours in any one day (weekend, holiday, vacation, or workshop); No more than 50 hours in a week.
When School is in Session: No more than 6 hours on a school day; No more than 10 hours on any holiday, vacation, or workshop day; On last day of school week may work up to 8 hours; No more than 24 hours in a week except may work 50 hours any week that approved school calendar is less than 3 days or during the first and last week of school calendar.
None (18 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol and to sell wine and beer in retail stores)
Work hour restrictions:
14: Not before 7:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m.; Minors may work until 9:00 p.m. from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
When School is not in Session: Not more than 8 hours a day; work more than 40 hours in any week.
When School is in Session: Not more than 4 hours a day; work more than 23 hours in any week.
16: May spend no more than 12 hours in a combination of school hours and work hours each day; Must be allowed at least 8 consecutive hours of non-work, non-school time in each 24 hour period.
18: Unrestricted
Labor and Employment Article, Title 3, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland
None: Children may work at any age on a farm owned or operated by their parents.
9: Children as young as 9 may deliver newspapers with a special badge and written consent of a parent or guardian.
10: Minors age 10 and 11 may engage in limited seasonal work with special permission from the federal Secretary of Labor.
12: Minors 12 or older may sell certain articles for sale in public places, although selling door-to-door is prohibited until the age of 16. Minors age 12 and 13 may work on farms with their parents or at other farms if they have the written consent of their parents.
16: Unrestricted (see federal law)
18: To work as a bartender or in a restaurant serving alcohol, and may handle, transport, and sell beer, wine, and spirits in a retail store.
Work hour restrictions:
14: 14-15-year-old minors may not be employed:
During school hours EXCEPT as provided in approved work experience and career exploration programs;
Between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. EXCEPT from July 1 through Labor Day, when they may work until 9:00p.m;
More than 3 hours per day during school weeks, not more than 8 hours per day during weeks when school is not in session;
More than 18 hours per school week EXCEPT in approved work experience and career exploration programs, in which case, they may work 23 hours;
More than 40 hours per week when school is not in session;
More than 6 days per week.
16: 16-17-year-old minors may not be employed:
Between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. with exceptions:
When an establishment stops serving customers at 10:00 p.m., the minor may work until 10:15 p.m.
On nights not preceding a regularly scheduled school day they may work until 11:30 p.m.
In restaurants and race tracks, they may work until 12:00 a.m. on nights not preceding a regularly scheduled school day.
Contact with hazardous substances, chemicals, explosives, or radioactive substances.
Driving and working as an outside helper (pizza delivery etc.)
Jobs in the logging and sawmill industry.
Jobs using woodworking machinery.
Brazing, welding, soldering or heat treating for those less than 16 years of age.
Work on construction sites, excavation sites, bridges, streets or highways.
Slaughtering, butchering, cutting meat or using meat slicers, cleavers or boning knives.
Occupations involving power driven equipment, tools, saws or machinery (bakery machines, paper product machines, and metal-forming, punching and shearing machines).
(A licensee shall not allow any person who is less than 18 years of age to sell or serve alcoholic liquor.)
Special requirements:
11: 11-year-olds and those older may work as golf caddies, athletic event referees and bridge caddies, under specific conditions.
13: 13-year-olds and those older may work as corn detasselers and at trap shooting events.
Work hour restrictions:
A minor may not work more than six days per week.
Minors are limited to working no more than 10 hours in a day, with a weekly average of 8 hours per day.
Combined hours of school and work cannot exceed 48 hours in a work week.
Special hours apply to workers in agricultural processing. An information sheet is available from the Wage & Hour Division.
14: 14- and 15-year-olds may not work:
After 9:00 p.m. or before 7:00 a.m. 14- and 15-year-olds may not work during school hours.
16: 16- and 17-year-olds may not work:
Before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:30 p.m., Sunday through Thursday.
Before 6:00 a.m. or after 11:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, during school vacation periods, and during periods when a minor is not regularly enrolled in school.
Approval may be granted for 16- and 17-year-olds to work beyond the starting and ending times specified in the Youth Employment Standards Act. Approvals may be obtained from the Wage & Hour Division
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT (Michigan) - Act 90 of 1978
MCL 436.1707 (6) of the Liquor Control Code states
Minors are prohibited from working in the following capacities:
Serving liquor.
Working with hazardous materials such as explosives.
Operating power-driven machinery, including motor vehicles.
On or about construction sites.
Work hour restrictions:
14: Minors under 16 may not work:
Before 7a.m. or after 9p.m. with the exception of a newspaper carrier.
For more than 40 hours a week or more than eight hours per 24-hour period, except in agricultural operations.
During school hours on school days without an employment certificate issued by the appropriate school officials.
16: Minors over 16 but under 18 may not work:
Later than 11p.m. on evenings before school days or before 5a.m. on school days. With written permission from a parent or guardian, these hours may be expanded to 11:30 p.m. and 4:30a.m
Under 16 during the regular school term: 16 and over:
Additional working restrictions:
Minors under 16 may not work in/as:
Any power driven machinery, except lawn and garden machinery used in domestic service at or around a private residence, provided that, there shall be an agreement between an occupant of the private residence and the child, and by no other person, firm or corporation, other than a parent, legal custodian or guardian of the child, for the performance of such work.
The oiling, cleaning, maintenance, or washing of machinery.
Any ladders, scaffolding, or their substitute.
Any mine or quarry except in offices or at other nonhazardous employment.
Stone cutting or polishing except those found in jewelry type business.
Any plant manufacturing, processing, storing, or transporting Type A and B explosives, ammunition, or like materials, or in an establishment in which sales of Type A and B explosive materials make up fifty percent or more of gross sales.
The operation of any motor vehicle.
Any blast furnace, rolling mill, foundry, forging shop, or in any establishment where heating of metals is carried on or where cold rolling, stamping, shearing, punching, of metal stock is carried on.
Saw mills, cooperage stock mills, or where woodworking machinery is used.
The operation of freight elevators, hoisting machines or cranes, or on or about any manlifts.
Occupations involving exposure to ionizing or nonionizing radiation or any radioactive substance.
Any occupation involving exposure to any toxic or hazardous chemicals.
Any capacity in or about a motel, resort, hotel, where sleeping accommodations are furnished except in offices or locations physically separated from the sleeping accommodations.
Any place or establishment in which intoxicating alcoholic liquors or beverages are manufactured, bottled, stored, or sold for consumption on or off the premises, except in establishments where at least fifty percent of the gross sales consist of goods, merchandise, or commodities other than alcoholic beverages.
No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any street occupation connected with peddling, begging, door-to-door selling or any activity pursued on or about any public street or public place. This prohibition does not apply to any public school or church or charitable fund-raising activity, or distribution of literature relating to a registered political candidate.
Any other occupation or place of employment dangerous to the life, limb, health, or morals of children under the age of sixteen.
Work hour restrictions:
A child shall not be employed, permitted or suffered to work at any gainful employment for more than three hours per day in any school day, more than eight hours in any nonschool day, more than six days or forty hours in any week. Normal work hours shall not begin before seven o'clock in the morning nor extend to after 9:00 p.m., except as provided in subsection 2 of this section. The provisions of this subsection may be waived by the director, in full or in part, depending upon the nature of the employment. Such waiver shall be provided in writing to the employer by the director.
On all evenings from Labor Day to June first, a child shall not be employed, permitted or suffered to work at any gainful employment after 7:00 p.m. nor after 9:00 p.m. from June first to Labor Day; except that a child who has passed his or her fourteenth birthday but is under sixteen years of age may be employed at a regional fair from June first to Labor Day, if such child does not work after 10:30 p.m., is supervised by an adult, parental consent is given and the provisions of this subsection are complied with. The regional fair exception shall not apply to those entities covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to children who have been permanently excused from school pursuant to the provisions of chapter 167. The provisions of this subsection may be waived by the director, in full or in part, depending upon the nature of the employment. Such waiver shall be provided in writing to the employer by the director.
None (18 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol and to sell alcohol in retail stores)
Work hour restrictions:
14: May not work during school hours, except as provided for in Work Experience and Career Exploration Programs approved by the department or the office of public instruction.
Working is permitted from 7a.m. to 7p.m., except that the minor may be employed until 9p.m. during the periods outside the school year (June 1 through Labor Day, depending on local standards).
The preparation of any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used.
The manufacture of paints, colors or white lead.
Dipping, drying or packing matches.
The manufacture of goods for immoral purposes.
Any mine, coal breaker, quarry, smelter, ore reduction works, laundry, tobacco warehouse, cigar factory or other factory where tobacco is manufactured or prepared.
Any distillery, brewery or any other establishment where malt or alcoholic liquors are manufactured, packed, wrapped or bottled.
Any glass furnace, smelter, the outside erection and repair of electric wires, the running or management of elevators, lifts or hoisting machines, or oiling hazardous or dangerous machinery in motion.
Switch tending, gate tending, or track repairing.
No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work as a brakeman, fireman, engineer, motorman or conductor upon any railroad in or about establishments where nitroglycerin, dynamite, dualin, guncotton, gunpowder or other high or dangerous explosives are manufactured, compounded or stored.
No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any other employment declared by the Labor Commissioner to be dangerous to the lives or limbs, or injurious to the health or morals, of children under the age of 16 years.
Minors under 18 may not work:
In begging, receiving alms, or in any mendicant occupation.
In any indecent or immoral exhibition or practice.
In any practice or exhibition dangerous or injurious to life, limb, health or morals.
As a messenger for delivering letters, telegrams, packages or bundles to any house of prostitution or assignation.
In any public dance hall within this State where alcoholic beverages are dispensed.
In any area of a casino where there is gaming or where the sale of alcoholic beverages is the primary commercial activity unless the minor is in the casino area to provide entertainment pursuant to an employment contract.
(The minimum age to serve or sell alcohol in a grocery store or convenience mart is 16 as long as the minor is supervised by someone over the age of 21; The minimum age to work as a bartender or in a restaurant that sells alcohol is 21.)
Work hour restrictions:
14: Maximum 48 hours in 1 week, and 8 hours in 1 day.
16: Unrestricted
CHAPTER 609 - EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS:
NRS 609.190 Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited.
NRS 609.210 Employing or exhibiting minor in certain injurious, immoral or dangerous activities: Criminal penalty.
NRS 609.240 Maximum hours of employment of child under 16 years of age.
CHAPTER 202 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
NRS 202.020 Purchase, consumption or possession of alcoholic beverage by minor.
NRS 202.057 Using person who is less than 18 years of age to distribute material that includes offer for alcoholic beverages.
Under 16 16 and over: (But written permission of parents is needed)
Additional working restrictions:
None (17 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol and to sell alcohol in retail stores)
Work hour restrictions:
12: Minors aged 12–15 years may not work: (additionally to the federal legal working age legislations)
During school-hours.
Before 7a.m. or after 9p.m.
More than 3 hours per day, and maximum 23 hours per school week.
More than 8 hours per day, and maximum 48 hours per school week.
16: Minors aged 16 and 17 years may not work: (Enrolled in school)
More than 6 consecutive days, nor more than 30 hours peer week during the school calendar week.
More than 6 consecutive days, nor more than 48 hours peer week during the school vacation weeks or summer vacation.
More than 10 hours per day in manufactoring, nor more than 10-1/4 hours per day in manual or mechanical labor, nor more than 8 hours per night, if working at night.
16: Minors aged 16 and 17 years may not work: (Not enrolled in school)
In manufactoring more than 10 hours per day, nor more than 48 hours per week.
In manual or mechanical labor, more than 10-1/4 hours per day, nor more than 54 hours per week.
Night work is restricted to no more than 8 hours by shift and 48 hours per week.
TITLE XXIII LABOR CHAPTER 276-A YOUTH EMPLOYMENT LAW:
(18 years of age to work as a bartender, serve alcohol in a restaurant, and work in a liquor store if supervised by someone over 21.)
Minors under 18 may not work:
At construction work, including wrecking, demolition, roofing, or excavating operations and the painting or exterior cleaning of a building structure from an elevated surface.
Involving the operation of circular saws, band saws, and guillotine shears.
In or about a slaughtering and meat-packing establishment, or rendering plant.
Involving the operation of power-driven woodworking, metal-forming, metal-punching, metal-shearing, bakery and paper products machines.
Involving the operation of power-driven hoisting apparatus, the manufacture of brick, tile, and like products and exposure to radioactive substances or ionizing radiation, or exposure to silica or other harmful dust.
Like logging occupations and occupations in the operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill.
In mining or in connection with a mine or quarry.
As a helper on a motor vehicle.
In the care or operation of a freight or passenger elevator, except that minor over 16 may operate automatic, push-button control elevators.
In manufacturing, packing, or storing of explosives, or in the use or delivery of explosives.
Operating or using any emery, tripoli, rouge, corundum, stone, silicon carbide, or any abrasive, or emery polishing or buffing wheel, where articles of the baser metals or iridium are manufactured.
Adjusting belts to machinery or cleaning, oiling, or wiping machinery
Packing paints, dry colors, or red or white leads.
Preparing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used.
Operating steam boilers subject to section 204 of the Labor Law.
In penal or correctional institutions, if the job relates to the custody or care of prisoners or inmates.
These rules do not apply to:
Workers younger than 18 who are apprentices individually registered in DOL registered apprenticeship programs.
Student-learners enrolled in recognized cooperative vocational training programs.
Trainees in approved on-the-job training programs.
Workers 16 or 17 years old who have completed training as a student learner or trainee in an approved on-the-job training program.
Workers 16 or 17 years old who have completed a training program given by a public school or a non-profit institution that includes DOL approved safety instruction.
Minors under 16 may not work:
Any factory work, except in delivery and clerical employment in an enclosed office of a factory or in dry cleaning stores, shoe repair shops, and similar service stores.
Operating or assisting in operating any machinery unless all moving parts other than keys, levers, or handles are so guarded as to prevent any part of the person or clothing for the operator from touching them.
Painting or exterior cleaning in connection with the maintenance of a building or structure.
Operating washing, grinding, cutting, slicing, pressing, or mixing machinery.
Work at institutions in the Department of Mental Health.
Industrial homework.
Places of entertainment as a rope or wirewalker or gymnast, unless protected by the use of safety devices or protective equipment that comply with the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Peddling; drug traffic; or any practice, exhibition, or place dangerous or injurious to life, limb, or morals.
Dangerous farm jobs.
Work hour restrictions:
14: Minors aged 14 and 15 may maximum work:
When school is in Session: 3 hours on school days; 18 hours per week; 6 days per week; from: 7am to 7pm.
When school is not in Session: 8 hours per day; 40 hours per week; 6 days per week; from: 7am to 9pm.
16: Minors aged 16 and 17 may maximum work:
When school is in Session: 4 hours on days preceding school days; 28 hours per week; 6 days per week; from: 6am to 10pm.
When school is not in Session: 8 hours per day; 48 hours per week; 6 days per week; from: 6am to Midnight
Farm work: Minors aged 12 or 13 may maximum work: 4 hours per day; from: 7am to 7pm June 21 to Labor Day/ 9am to 4pm Day after Labor Day to June 20; Minors aged 14 or older are unrestricted.
Newspaper carriers: Minors aged 11 to 18 may maximum work: 4 Hours on school days 5 Hours on other days; from: 5am to 7pm or 30 minutes prior to Sunset, whichever is later.
Street trades: Minors aged 14 to 18 may maximum work: 4 Hours on school days 5 Hours on other days; from: 6am to 7pm.
New York child labour law: PART 186 CHILD PERFORMERS - (Statutory authority: Labor Law §154-a)
Under 16: No child under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in, or about, or in connection with any mill, factory, cannery, workshop, manufacturing or mercantile establishment, laundry, bakery, office, hotel, restaurant, barber shop, boot-black stand, public stable, garage, place of amusement, brick yard, lumber yard, or any messenger or delivery service.
Newspaper and magazine carrier: Newspaper and magazine carrier boys, operating on fixed routes, are not classified as being employed in street trades. Boys under 16 and over 14 may be employed as carrier boys, under regular employment certificates, between 5:00a.m. and 8:00p.m., but the hours of work and the hours in school shall not exceed eight hours in any one day. These hours are fixed by Sec. 5033, C. S., as amended by Ch. 125, Public Laws of 1931, which further limits the hours of work for carrier boys to four hours per day and 24 hours per week.
Neighborhood Magazine Sales: Nothing in the above rulings shall be construed to prohibit a boy under 14 years of age from selling and delivering magazines and periodicals in the vicinity of his home and under the supervision of his parents.
Street Trades: are defined as selling merchandise, such as newspapers, magazines, peanuts, etc., or working as itinerant boot-blacks, etc., on the streets. Girls under 16 years of age will not be permitted to engage in any form of street trades. Boys 12 and 13 years of age may engage in various forms of street trades during the time school.
Place of Amusement: The employment of any child under the age of 14 years in a place of amusement is illegal.
Work hour restrictions:
Under 16: Minors under the age of 16 may maximum work:
8 hours per day.
48 hours per week.
No child under 16 years of age (except newspaper carrier boys) may be employed or permitted to work before 6:00 o'clock in the morning or after 7:00 o'clock in the evening.
16: Unrestricted
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIVE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE STANDARDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR GRADING INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
Under 16: No child under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in, as or about, or in connection with:
Employment involving the use of any power driven machinery.
Construction work other than cleaning, errandrunning, moving, stacking, loading, or unloading materials by hand.
Lumbering or logging operations and Sawmills or planing mills.
Manufacture, disposition, or use of explosives.
Operation of any steam boiler, steam machinery, or steam generating apparatus, operation or assisting in the operation of laundry machinery and operating or assisting in the operation of passenger or freight elevators
Preparing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used
Work in a mine or quarry.
Manufacture of goods for immoral purposes.
Any other employment not herein specifically enumerated that may be considered dangerous to life or limb or in which health may be injured or morals depraved.
Occupations which involve working on an elevated surface, with or without the use of safety equipment, including ladders and scaffolds in which the work is performed higher than six feet off of the ground.
Security positions or occupations that require the use of a firearm or other weapon.
Door-to-door sales of any kind.
Occupations involving the loading, handling, mixing, applying, or working around or near any fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, insecticides, or any other chemicals, toxins, or heavy metals.
Occupations in or in connection with medical or other dangerous wastes.
Occupations which involve the handling or storage of blood, blood products, body fluids, and body tissues.
Cooking, baking, grilling, or frying.
Warehouse or storage work.
Trucking or commercial driving.
Additionally, any employment which would compel the person to remain standing constantly is prohibited.
Over 16: Unrestricted.
(21 to work as a bartender or to sell alcohol in a liquor store; 19 to serve alcohol in a restaurant if supervised by someone 21 or older)
Work hour restrictions:
Under 16: Minors under the age of 16 may maximum work:
3 hours on a school day.
18 hours in a school week.
8 hours on a non-school day.
40 hours in a non-school week.
Labor Days: May 31 7:00am–7:00 pm; June 1 7:00am–9:00 pm.
Under 18: No child under 18 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in, as or about, or in connection with:
Occupations involving slaughtering, meat-packing, processing or rendering.
Power-driven bakery machines, paper products machines, metal forming, punching and shearing machines, woodworking machines and hoisting apparatus.
Occupations involved in the manufacture of brick, tile and kindred products.
Occupations involved in the manufacture of chemicals.
Manufacturing or storage occupations involving explosives.
Occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations.
Occupations involved in the operation of power-driven circular saws, band saws and guillotine shears.
Coal mines.
Occupations in connection with mining, other than coal.
Logging and sawmilling.
Motor vehicle occupations.
Maritime and longshoreman occupations.
Railroads.
Excavation operations.
Roofing operations.
Wrecking, demolition, and shipbreaking.
(21 years of age to work as a bartender; 19 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol; 18 is the minimum age to work in a liquor store or transport alcohol)
Work hour restrictions:
Under 16: No person under 16 shall be employed:
During school hours except where specifically permitted.
Before 7a.m. or after 9p.m. from June 1 to September 1 or during any school holiday of 5 school days or more; or after 7p.m. at any other time.
For more than 3 hours a day in any school day; For more than 18 hours in any school week.
For more than 8 hours in any day when school is not in session.
For more than 40 hours in any week that school is not in session nor during school hours, unless employment is incidental to bona fide programs of vocational cooperative training, work-study, or other work-oriented programs with the purpose of educating students, and the program meets standards established by the state board of education.
Under 18: No person 16 or 17 who is required to attend school shall be employed:
Before 7a.m. on any day that school is in session or 6a.m. if the person was not employed after 8p.m. the previous night.
After 11p.m. on any night preceding a day that school is in session.
Ohio Revised Code - Title [41] XLI LABOR AND INDUSTRY Chapter 4109: EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
Ohio Revised Code - Title [43] XLIII LIQUOR Chapter 4301: LIQUOR CONTROL LAW
Prohibited Occupations for all Minors in Entertainment:
Any acrobatic act that is hazardous to the minor’s safety or well-being.
Use of/or exposure to dangerous weapons or pyrotechnical devises.
Activities that have a high level of inherent danger including activities involving speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear or spectacular stunts.
An act that constitutes sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of minors.
Boxing, sparring or wrestling, except for a bona fide athletic or recognized amateur competition or activity or non-contact portrayal.
Assisting performers in animal act, conducting an animal into a ring or on stage, or riding an animal when the animal exceeds half the weight of the child performer.
Prohibited Occupations for all Minors:
Brickmaker
Crane-, elevator operator
Electrical worker
Excavator
Explosives manufacturing
Forest firefighting, Forest service, Mill worker
Meat processing
Motion picture projectionist
Motor vehicles (Exception for occasional driving for licensed 17 year olds with state approved driver education course, if vehicle does not exceed 6,000 pounds and has restraining device, driving is during daylight, within 30 mile radius of employer, and limited to 2 trips per day away from employer location.)
Paint, Acids and Poiso manufacturer
Roofer
Woodworking (Using power-driven woodworking machines, including supervising/controlling operation of machines, feeding/assisting with feeding materials into machines; setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling or cleaning power-driven woodworking machines, off-bearing from circular saws and guillotine-action veneer clippers.* Exception, 16-17 year olds may place material on moving chain/hopper for automatic feeding.)
Spray coater
Welder
Wrecking and/or demolition worker
All minors are also prohibited from working:
In establishments where alcoholic beverages are produced, sold or dispensed (Except in part of establishment where alcohol is not served, or hotels, clubs, or restaurants where alcohol is served and the establishment has a Sunday sales license issued by the Liquor Control Board, and minor is serving food, clearing tables and/or related duties, but minor may not serve or dispense alcohol. Performing arts students engaged in uncompensated exhibitions may perform at a licensed establishment, under proper supervision in accordance with the Liquor Code.)
On boats (Pilot, fireman or engineer on any boat or vessel.)
On machinery (Including repairing, cleaning or oiling machinery in motion and operating or assisting in the operation of the following: emery wheels, metal plate bending, forming, punching, hammering, bending, rolling and shearing machines, punch presses, wire-stitching, stapling machines, circular saws, band saws, guillotine shears, chain saws, reciprocating saws, wood chippers, and abrasive cutting discs.
On baking machinery (Operating, assisting, setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling or cleaning dough/batter mixer, bread dividing, rounding or molding machine, dough brake, dough sheeter, bread slicer/wrapper machine or cake cutting band saw, and setting up/adjusting cookie or cracker machine. Except for 16 and 17 year olds setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling and cleaning lightweight, small capacity, portable counter-top power-driven food mixers comparable to models intended for household use. Except for 16 and 17 year olds operating pizza-dough rollers constructed with safeguards to prevent fingers, hands, clothing from being caught on the in–running point of rollers, which have completely enclosed gears, and have microswitches that disengage machinery if the backs/sides of rollers removed. Exception does not apply to setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling or cleaning of pizza-dough rollers.)
In metal industries
In mines (Dangerous occupations in or around any mine, including all work performed in any underground working, open-pit, or surface part of any coal-mining plant, that contribute to the extraction, grading, cleaning or other handling of coal. Exceptions for 16-17 year olds: slate/refuse picking at picking table/chute in a tipple or breaker at a coal mine, work in office or repair/maintenance shops on the surface. For other mines all occupations prohibited, except may work in above-ground office, warehouse, supply house, change house, laboratory, repair/maintenance shops, in living quarters, outside mine in surveying, repair/maintenance of roads, general clean-up, track crew work for sections of railroad track when mining activities not being performed, work in or about surface placer mining operations other than place dredging operations and hydraulic placer mining operations. At metal mills other than in mercury-recovery mills or mills using cyanide process may operate jigs, sludge tables flotation cells, drier-filters, may perform hand-sorting at picking table/belt, general clean up. Exception, 14 and 15 year old minors may work in office and perform clerical duties.
In quarries (Most occupations, including drilling, shot firing or assisting in loading or tamping holes, face cleaning, attaching blocks to chains for cable hoisting, assisting/operating steam, air or electric shovels.)
In the printing and paper industry
Around radioactive substances
On railroads and railways
On rivets (Heating and passing rivets, except for 16 and 17 year old minors 10 feet or less from ground or on a scaffold equipped with guardrails and board)
In tanneries
Additional Prohibited Occupations for Minors Under 16:
Amusement park ride attendant, operator, or dispatcher.
Baker and Cook
Boiler or engine room worker
Chicken catcher (Catching and cooping of poultry in preparation for transport or for market)
Construction worker
Hoisting apparatus
Industrial homework
Lifeguard
Public messenger
Stzrike or lockouts (Prohibited to work in an establishment where a strike or lockout is in progress, unless the minor was legally certified to work in an establishment prior to the declaration of a strike or lockout.)
Switchboard operator
Tobacco stripper or sorter
Transporting (Transportation of persons/property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means.)
Window cleaner
Youth peddling (Selling goods and services and promotional activities, except at the employer’s place of business.)
Minors Under 16 are also Prohibited from Working:
In establishments where alcoholic beverages are produced, sold or dispensed (Except for continuing-care retirement homes, ski resorts, bowling alleys, golf courses, amusement parks and other similar recreational establishments where alcoholic beverages are served as long as the minor is not handling or serving alcohol, and not working in an area where alcohol is served or stored. Performing Arts students engaged in uncompensated exhibitions may perform at a licensed establishment, under proper supervision in accordance with the Liquor Code.)
On coal dredges
In freezer or meat coolers
On highways
In manufacturing (Any manufacturing or mechanical process)
On machinery
In pattern making shops
In the printing industry
For public utilities (In any capacity, except office work such as filing, typing and the cleaning and dusting of an office.)
On scaffolding
On trucks, railcars, and conveyors
In tunnels
In warehousing and storage.
Work hour restrictions:
Minors aged 14 or 15 may maximum work:
3 hours on a school day.
18 hours in a school week. (26 hours if work is performed on Saturday and Sunday)
8 hours on a non-school day.
40 hours in a non-school week.
Minors under 16 must have a written statement by the minor’s parent or guardian acknowledging the duties and hours of employment and granting permission to work.
Minors aged 16 or 17 may maximum work:
8 hours on a school day.
28 hours in a school week. (36 hours if work is performed on Saturday and Sunday)
Processing occupations such as filleting of fish, dressing poultry, cracking nuts or laundering.
Occupations with duties in workplaces where goods are manufactured, mined or processed.
Operating or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery (other than office machines and machines in retail, food service and establishments).
Occupations in connection with:
a) Transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, on water, pipeline or other means
b) Warehousing and Storage
c) Communications and Public Utilities
d) Construction (including repair)+
Dispensing gasoline or other fuel
Docks, private or public
Parking lot attendants
Car washes either hand or machine
Occupations in billiard or poolrooms
Any work in a tunnel
All work using ladders or scaffolds
Work in freezers or meat coolers
(18: To serve, sell or handle alcohol)
Work hour restrictions:
Under 16: 14-15 may not be employed:
During school hours.
Before 6:00am or after 7:00pm, except during school vacations when work is permitted until 9:00pm
More than eight hours per day.
More than 40 hours per week.
Under 18: 16-17 may not be employed:
More than 48 hours per week.
More than nine hours a day.
Before 6am or AFTER 11:30pm.
Without an 8-hour respite between the end of a shift on one day and the start of work the next day.
CHAPTER FIVE - CHILDREN ENTERING THE WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
Minors under the age of 14: May generally not work. Exceptions:
Minors under age 14 may work in any aspect of show business, such as acting or performing in a theatrical, television, radio, or film production.
Minors ages 12 and 13 may work during non-school sessions in non-hazardous farm jobs with written parental consent.
At any age, minors may work in any business or establishment solely owned and operated by the parent of the minor.
Minors under the age of 16: Minors ages 14 and 15 may work in office, clerical and sales jobs. They also may work in a number of jobs in retail, food service and gasoline service establishments, such as:
Cashiering, price marking and tagging (by hand or machine)
Assembling orders, packing and shelving.
Bagging and carrying out orders.
Serving foods and beverages.
Cleanup work.
Car washing and polishing
Operating gas pumps and performing other courtesy services
Cleaning vegetables and fruits and wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing and stocking goods.
Delivery and errand work by foot, bicycle or public transportation.
Minors under the age of 18: May work unrestricted, exceptions:
Manufacturing or storing explosives
Driving a motor vehicle and being an outside helper
Coal mining
Logging and sawmilling
Power-driven woodworking machines
Exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations
Power-driven hoisting apparatus
Power-driven metal-forming, punching and shearing machines
Mining, other than coal mining
Meat packing or processing
Power-driven bakery machines
Power-driven paper products machines
Manufacturing brick, tile, and related products
Power-driven circular saws, band saws and guillotine shears
Wrecking, demolition, and ship-breaking operations
Roofing operations
Excavation operations
Selling, serving or waitressing alcohol:
In order to work as a bartender in any facility that sells open containers of alcohol, a person must be at least twenty-one years of age.
In order to work as a server, waiter or waitress and serve open containers of alcohol, a person must be at least eighteen years of age.
In order to work in any capacity in a retail liquor store, wholesale liquor business, or a distillery, a person must be at least twenty-one years of age.
Work hour restrictions:
Under 16: Minors ages 14 and 15 may not work:
During school hours.
Before 7a.m. or after 7p.m. (9 p.m. during the period of summer break of the school district in which the minor resides).
More than 18 hours during school weeks.
More than 3 hours on school days.
More than 40 hours in non-school weeks.
More than 8 hours on non-school days.
Under 18: Minors ages 16 and 17 - Unrestricted.
South Carolina Child Labor Statute:
§41-13-20
17 Hazardous Occupations Orders of the Fair Labor Standards Act
Under 14: Minors under the age of 14 may only work in or as:
Child actors
Jobs pumping gas or detasselling hybrid seed corn
Employment by parents
Employment necessary for the child's support or employment using agricultural equipment.
Under 16: Minors aged 14 or 15 may not work under following conditions:
In any occupation dangerous to life, health or morals.
Under 18 Minors aged 16 or 17 - Unrestricted.
(Federal laws create requirements that are more stringent in many cases!)
Selling, serving or waitressing alcohol: The age differs by license.
Off License: Malt Beverage License
Off-Sale, Malt Beverage License under 50% malt beverage sales: In order to sell beer in a grocery store, a person must be at least eighteen years of age.
Off-Sale, Malt Beverage License over 50% malt beverage sales: In order to sell, stock or handle sealed beer in a grocery store a person must be at least twenty-one years of age. (If the sale of alcoholic beverages constitutes more than fifty percent of the gross business transacted by the establishment)
On/Off-Sale: Malt Beverage License
On/Off-Sale, Malt Beverage License-50% Alcohol Sales: The sale of malt beverages constitutes less than fifty percent of the gross business transacted by that establishment, an employee who is 18 years of age or older may sell, serve or dispense malt beverages as long as the licensee or an employee who is at least 21 years of age is on the premise. No one under the age of 21 may tend bar or draw or mix alcoholic beverages.
On/Off Sale, Malt Beverage License over 50% Alcohol Sales: If the gross business from the sale of malt beverages is over 50%, an employee selling the malt beverages must be at least 21 years of age.
On-Sale: Liquor License
On-Sale Liquor License under 50% Alcohol Sales: If less than 50% of the gross business is from the sale of alcohol, an employee age 18 or older may sell, serve or dispense alcoholic beverages as long as the licensee or an employee over the age of 21 is on the premise. No one under the age of 21 may tend bar or draw or mix alcoholic beverages.
On-Sale Liquor License over 50% Alcohol Sales: If the gross business from the sale of alcohol is over 50%, an employee selling the alcohol must be at least 21 years of age.
Package Liquor License
Package Liquor License under 50% Alcohol Sales: If less than 50% of the gross business is from the sale of alcohol, an employee age 18 or older may sell alcoholic beverages.
Package Liquor License over 50% Alcohol Sales: Sales of alcoholic beverages may only be made by a person who is at least 21 years of age.
On-Off Sale: Wine License
On-Off Sale Wine License under 50% Alcohol Sales: If less than 50% of the gross business is from the sale of wine, an employee age 18 or older may sell, serve or dispense the wine as long as the licensee or an employee over the age of 21 is on the premise. No one under the age of 21 may tend bar or draw or mix alcoholic beverages.
On/Off-Sale Wine License over 50% Alcohol Sales: If gross business from the sale of wine is over 50%, an employee selling the wine must be at least 21 years of age.
Work hour restrictions:
Under 14: Minors under the age of 14 may not work:
During school hours.
Later than 7p.m.
Under 14: Minors under the age of 16 may not work:
For more than four hours per school day or 20 hours per school week.
For more than eight hours per non-school day or 40 hours per non-school week.
Later than 10p.m. on a school night.
Under 18: Minors aged 16 or 17 - Unrestricted.
(Federal laws create requirements that are more stringent in many cases!)
South Dakota Code (Child Labor)
60-12 (subsections 1-14)
South Dakota Codes Title 35 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Chapter 04 - Sale Of Beverages
Between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., if the next day is a school day.
Between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m..
More than 18 hours a week during a school week.
More than 8 hours a day on non-school days; or
More than 40 hours a week during non-school weeks.
Under 18: Minors aged 16 and 17 may not work:
During those hours when the minor is required to attend classes.
Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday evenings preceding a school day, except with parental or guardian consent. Then the minor may work until midnight no more than three nights Sunday through Thursday. Forms shall remain valid until the end of the school year in which it is submitted or until termination of employment, whichever shall occur first.
Male: 15: Restricted occupations and hours of activity 18: (Unrestricted)
Female: 15: With broad restrictions for working hours and the type of work 18: May only participate in underground work if engaged in work specified by ordinance performed underground 20: (Unrestricted)[43] Chapter 6, Articles 56–62
Male: 15: Restricted working hours 19: (Unrestricted)
Female: 15: Restricted working hours and the type of work. 18: Some limitations for work in overtly unhealthy conditions. 19: (Unrestricted)[44] Articles 64 and 70–72 of the labour law implement the minimum age.
13: Generally, a child must be at least 13 years of age before they can start working. The minimum legal age for working in Singapore is governed by the Employment Act and the Employment (Children and Young Persons) Regulations, and is enforced by the Ministry of Manpower. 15: Young persons above 15 may work in an industrial environment. However, the employer must inform the Commissioner of Labour within 30 days of their employment, and submit a medical certificate certifying their fitness for work. 16: Generally speaking, a person who is above the age of 16 is not a child or a young person, and is considered an adult worker (Unrestricted).[49]
15: A worker aged fifteen years old, shall be considered as a child worker. 16: No child worker and no worker aged sixteen or seventeen years old shall be permitted to do work that is potentially dangerous or hazardous in nature. 18: (Unrestricted)[50]
14: (Easy work performed at school holidays; Maximum 6 hours per day, with minimum 1 hours break; Minimum 2 following days of rest per week) 16: (Maximum 8 hours per day, with minimum 1 hours break; Minimum 2 following days of rest per week) 18: (Unrestricted)[54]
14: (With many restrictions within a family setting) 15: (With minor restrictions assuming compulsory school years have been finished) 18: Unrestricted[56]
13: (Only for jobs as film actor or model; Strictly regulated) 15: (Strictly regulated) 16 (Minimum working age; Some occupations prohibited) 18: (Unrestricted)[58]
None: (Only for activities in the cultural or artistic field. However, a police authorization must be obtained for these activities in advance.) 13: (Children 13–15 years of age may only perform light work, that is not in the vicinity of machinery. The working time may be on school days and up to 2 hours on other days up to 7 hours. In school-free weeks, the maximum working time must not exceed 35 hours per week.) 15: (Young people up to 18 years may not work in the following areas: with dangerous tools and equipment within hazardous work processes. The working time may not be between 18:00 und 6:00 on weekdays between 14:00 and 6:00 on holidays or Sundays. The maximum weekly working time must not exceed 40 hours.) 18: (Unrestricted)[61]
13: A Person aged 13 may work under restrictions and parental permission. 15: Minimum Employment age. Minors under the age of 18 are restricted with working hours and certain occupations. 18: Unrestricted.[62]
14: Someone aged 14 may practise "light work". 15: Minimum Employment age. Minors under the age of 18 are restricted with working hours and certain occupations. 18: Unrestricted.[63]
14: (only for light work, regulated by Code du travail; No working at night; Strict time limitation; Parental permission is needed) 16: (No working at night; Strict time limitation; Parental permission is needed) 18: (Unrestricted)[64]
13: (with parental permission; and only easy work for example: paper round) 15: (Part-time work with less than 8 hours per day and maximum 40 hours per week; No work on weekends, statutory holidays and at night time or in an imperiling environment). Further restrictions for work break and minimum vacation days. 18: Unrestricted[65]
16: (The Hungarian Labour Code allows for the employment of people over 16 years old. Young workers apply a two-year period of protection: at the time of their working time must not exceed 8 hours. per day and forty hours per week. If you work a minimum of 4.5 hrs., They are entitled to 30 minutes. break, nor can they be employed on a night shift.) 18: (Unrestricted)[66]
13: (Only safe and easy work. Subject to restrictions on working time related to mandatory schooling.)[67] 16: (Employers have a duty to protect young workers from working in difficult and dangerous conditions in some sectors also apply to restrictions on working time.) 18: (Unrestricted)[68]
14: (People aged under 16 years are not allowed to work full-time (full-time). The work of persons between the ages of 14 and 15 years must be obliged to comply with conditions: • perform light work during the holidays - a person must necessarily have then at least 21 days off work • work as part of the approved apprenticeship or training program. • work in the film, when cultural undertakings, in advertising, or in connection with sporting events.) 16: (People aged 16 and 17 years old can only work the hours between 6:00 and 22:00.) 18: (Unrestricted.)[69]
15: (People between 15 and 18 years of age may work no more than 7 hours a day and 35 hours per week (including time learning - if they learn). There must they stay at work after hours or work at night. It is also prohibited to employ minors under conditions which may threaten their health, safety and morals. Workers under 18 years of age are entitled to a month's leave, in their case does not apply or trial periods.) 18: (Unrestricted)[71]
14: (For light it is possible to hire 14-year-olds - but not longer than 9 hours per week during the school year and 15 hours a week during the holidays.) 15: (People aged over 15 but under 18 may work no more than 40 hours per week.) 18: (Unrestricted)[72]
14: (Under certain conditions it is also possible to employ people aged over 14 years old but under 16 years of age. They have the right to perform easy work - during the school year for no more than two hours during the day and 12 hours a week during the holidays - 7 hours a day and 35 hours per week.) 16: (Persons who have completed 16 years but has not reached the age of majority has no right to work more than 8 hours per day and 36 hours per week.) 18: (Unrestricted)[73]
16: (Until they reach adulthood under the special protection of the law - are entitled to work up to 8 hours per day and 40 per week (included in is also a time of learning and training). Young worker has no right to do the work between the hours of 22 and 6am.) 18: (Unrestricted)[74]
13: (The minimum age of employment under the supervision and with no guarantee of a minimum wage.) 15: (The right to the minimum wage.) 16: (Persons over 16 years but less than 18 years, has most of the rights and obligations as workers age. However, you will not be able to work in harmful conditions - including noise, cramped quarters and with toxic substances.) 18: (Unrestricted)[75]
13: (People aged over 13 but under 15 years of age may be employed only for light work that does not endanger the health, development, and does not interfere with learning.) 15: (Restricted working hours and the type of work.)[76] 18: (Unrestricted)[77]
None: (Artistic field only. Must have parental permission. Restricted working hours and shortened working week, must not interfere with school education or violate public morality)
14: (Light work only. Must have parental permission. Restricted working hours and shortened working week, must not interfere with school education) 16: (Light work only. Full school education required. Restricted working hours) 18: Unrestricted
None: Artistic activities with parental permission and a specific authorization of the labor department. 16: Parental permission is required. 18: Unrestricted
None: (Only artistic field and some light risk free jobs. Must have parent permission. Restricted working hours and shortened working week.)
13: (Light work only. Must have parent permission. Restricted working hours and shortened working week.) 16: (Light work only. Restricted working hours) 18: (Unrestricted)[81]
Varies by state and territory. 13 (Queensland & Victoria; 11 when delivering newspapers, none for entertainment industries)
15 (Western Australia; most jobs, variations and restrictions apply for family businesses, entertainers/models, and newspaper delivery)[85] No minimum working age (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory)[86]
14: Babysitting[87] 15: Limited vehicle work and hazardous workplaces (logging, construction, heavy lifting, dangerous goods)[87] 16: Unrestricted working hours (between 10pm and 6am, and during school hours)[87] 18: Full Time Work[87] 18: Work in Restricted Areas except gambling work[87][88] 20: Unrestricted[87][89]
There is no minimum age of work in New Zealand,[88] but has multiple minimum ages of work for jobs with higher risk.[88]
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This article is missing information about numerous countries states and regions Please expand the article to include this information Further details may exist on the talk page September 2020 The legal working age is the minimum age required by law in each country or jurisdiction for a young person who has not yet reached the age of majority to be allowed to work Activities that are dangerous harmful to the health or that may affect the morals or well being of minors fall into this category Parties to the International Labour Organization s 1973 Minimum Age Convention 16 15 14 Contents 1 Africa 2 Americas 3 Asia 4 Europe 5 Oceania 6 See also 7 ReferencesAfrica editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2013 Country Legal Working Age nbsp Kenya 13 Easy Work 16 Restricted working hours and the type of work 19 Unrestricted 1 nbsp Nigeria 12 Light work with family15 Up to industrial work16 Unrestricted 2 nbsp South Africa 15 Restricted working hours and the type of work 18 Unrestricted 3 nbsp Egypt 14 Restricted working hours and the type of work 16 Unrestricted nbsp Morocco 16 easy work 19 Unrestricted Americas editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2020 Country Legal Working Age nbsp Anguilla nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 14 Restricted working hours 18 Unrestricted 4 nbsp Argentina It is forbidden to employ workers under 18 years of age for arduous unhealthy or hazardous work 14 The working week for young workers between 14 and 16 years of age should not be more than 3 hours per day and 15 hours per week only in the mother s father s or legal guardian s company 16 Young workers aged over 16 but under 18 have the right to work during normal business hours 18 Unrestricted 5 nbsp Aruba nbsp Bahamas 14 Employment during school hours is prohibited Night work is prohibited Industrial work is prohibited Conditions in respect of young persons in a school day for not more than three hours in a school week for not more than twenty four hours in a non school day for not more than eight hours in a non school week for not more than forty hours 16 Unrestricted 6 nbsp Barbados 16 Employment during school hours is prohibited Night work is prohibited Industrial work is prohibited 18 Unrestricted 7 nbsp Belize nbsp Bermuda nbsp Bolivia 10 Independent work e g street selling with parent permission and government supervision 12 Contract work for a boss with parent permission and government supervision no more than 6 hours per day not during school hours and if it does not interfere with schooling nbsp Brazil In Brazil any work for minors under 16 years of age is forbidden except for apprentices who can start working at 14 years old Until the age of 18 it is strictly prohibited for the teenagers to work at night or in dangerous or unhealthy conditions 8 14 Only apprentices can start working It is forbidden to work in any other job 16 Teenagers are allowed to work in any job but they are prohibited to work at night or in dangerous or unhealthy conditions 18 Unrestricted nbsp British Virgin Islands nbsp Canada Legal working age by ProvinceProvince Legal Working Age Legislation nbsp Alberta 13 A permit from Employment Standards is generally needed May not work more than 2 hours on a school day and 8 hours on a non school day May not work between 9 00 p m and 6 00 a m Parental consent is required 15 Can work in most fields but special rules apply for workers in restaurants bars retail stores gas stations hotels and motels No working from midnight to 6 00 a m 18 Unrestricted Occupational Health and Safety OHS legislation 9 nbsp British Columbia 12 May perform non harmful work for family owned businesses May also work as camp assistant assistant coach referee or umpire 14 May perform light work such as cleaning dishwashing and stocking shelves Parental consent is required and workers under 15 face further restrictions Including not being able work more than 4 hours during a school day or 7 hours when school is not in session 16 Can work in most fields Employment in hazardous industries is restricted 18 Unrestricted Employment Standards Act 10 nbsp Manitoba 13 Can work with a permit from Employment Standards No working from 11 00 p m to 6 00 a m Can not work more than 20 hours in a school week 16 Can work in most fields but may not perform dangerous work No working from 11 00 p m to 6 00 a m 18 Unrestricted The Employment Standards Code The Worker Recruitment and Protection Act 11 nbsp New Brunswick None New Brunswick does not have a minimum working age but employers may not employ individuals under 16 in employment that is unwholesome or harmful to the their health welfare or moral or physical development Additionally some industry specific restrictions apply on workers under 14 see below Workers under 16 can work a maximum of 3 hours on a school day and a maximum 6 hours on a non school day Can not work from 10 00 p m to 6 00 a m 14 Can work in industrial undertakings forestry construction hotels and restaurants automotive servicing theatre and dance halls shooting ranges and as an elevator operator but the unwholesome or harmful rule still applies Hours restrictions still apply 16 Unrestricted Employment Standards Act 12 nbsp Newfoundland and Labrador 14 Can generally work with written permission from parents No dangerous work is permitted Can not work more than 3 hours on a school days and 8 hours on a non school day May not work between 10 p m and 7 a m 16 Unrestricted The Labour Standards Act 13 nbsp Northwest Territories None There is no minimum work age is the Northwest territories but employment that is detrimental to the health education or moral character of the children is not permitted Children are not permitted to work between 11 00 p m to 6 00 a m without the approval of a Labour Standards Officer 18 Unrestricted 19 Serving or selling alcoholic beverages Labour Standards Office nbsp Nova Scotia None Nova Scotia does not have a minimum work age but dangerous work is not permitted for individuals under 16 Individuals under 14 can not work more than 3 hours on a school day or 8 hours on a non school day No working between 10 p m and 6 a m is permitted for workers under the age of 14 14 Can generally work like an adult but no dangerous work is permitted And no work in mining manufacturing construction forestry garages and automobile service stations hotels pool rooms billiard rooms bowling alleys or theatres is permitted 16 Unrestricted Labour Standards CodeGeneral Labour Standards Code Regulations 14 nbsp Nunavut None There is no minimum age of work in Nunavut but employment may not be detrimental to the health education or moral character of children Children are not permitted to work between 11 00 p m to 6 00 a m without the approval of a Labour Standards Officer 18 Unrestricted 19 Serving or selling alcoholic beverages Labour Standards Office nbsp Ontario 14 Minimum work age for all industrial establishments not covered below including offices stores arenas and restaurant servicing areas Note since the minimum work age is set through occupational health regulations and not a de jure requirement there is no minimum work age for work that happens outside a workplace such as babysitting 15 Minimum work age for most factories including manufacturing and assembly plants repair shops restaurant kitchens automotive service garages grocery stores laundries and warehouses 16 Minimum work age for construction mining plants or surface mines but in not in their working face and logging operations 18 Minimum age for work in an underground mine the working face of surface mine window cleaning or on a offshore oil and gas rig Occupational Health and Safety Act 15 nbsp Prince Edward Island None There is no minimum age of work in Prince Edward Island but no employer may employ a person under 16 in employment that is likely to be harmful to their health or safety or moral or physical development No employee under the age of 16 may work more than 3 hours on a school day or 8 hours on a non school day A weekly maximum of 40 hours also applies No worker under the age of 16 may work between 11 p m and 7 a m 16 Unrestricted Youth Employment ActEmployment Standards Act 16 nbsp Quebec None Quebec does not have a minimum work age but no minor may be employed during school hours or in dangerous work or work between 11 p m and 6 a m Workers under 14 also need parental consent 18 UnrestrictedLegislation establishing a minimum work age of 14 and restricted hours for workers under 17 has been proposed by the government and is pending as of March 2023 Employment Standards Act 17 nbsp Saskatchewan 14 May work with written permission of a parent or guardian Cannot work after 10 p m on a day before a school day Cannot work more than 16 hours during a week Must have a certificate from the Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course 16 Minimum working age without parental permission Minimum age to work in construction pulp mills sawmills or woodworking smelters foundries refineries metal processing or fabricating a confined space meat fish or poultry processing forestry or logging oil drilling or servicing rigs as an operator of powered mobile equipment crane or hoist where exposure to a chemical or biological substance is likely to endanger health or safety and power line construction or maintenance 18 Unrestricted Minimum age to work in mining as a radiation worker an asbestos process a silica process and any job requiring an atmosphere supplying respirator 19 Minimum age to sell handle or serve alcohol The Labour Standards ActThe Occupational Health and Safety ActThe Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act 18 nbsp Yukon 12 May work with parental consent as a delivery person for small items for retain stores as a clerk or messenger in an office or retail store as a delivery person for newspapers and flyers and in the restaurant and food services industry But the employment must not be injurious to the life health education or welfare of the worker A worker under 16 may not work more than 2 hours on a school day or 8 hours on a non school day and may not work between 9 p m and 6 00 a m 16 May work in most fields but not in forestry sawmills and pulp mills underground mines occupations involving the removal of asbestos and in dangerous enclosed spaces Generally cannot work from 12 01 a m to 6 00 a m 18 Unrestricted Employment Standards ActYOUNG WORKER PROTECTION ACT 19 nbsp Caribbean Netherlands nbsp Cayman Islands nbsp Chile 18 Unrestricted nbsp Costa Rica 16 By default nbsp Cuba 18 Unrestricted nbsp Curacao nbsp Dominica 12 No person shall take into his employment or employ in any occupation whatsoever any child but a child may be employed in the domestic work or agricultural work of a light nature at home by the parents or guardian of the child 18 Unrestricted 20 nbsp Dominican Republic 18 Unrestricted nbsp El Salvador 18 Unrestricted 21 Children below the age 14 are not allowed to enter the workforce Minors between the ages of 14 and 18 may work with permission from the Ministry of Labor if their employment is indispensable to either themselves or their family nbsp Greenland nbsp Grenada nbsp Guadeloupe nbsp Guatemala 18 Unrestricted nbsp Haiti 16 By default 18 Unrestricted nbsp Honduras 18 Unrestricted nbsp Jamaica 16 By default nbsp Martinique nbsp Mexico 15 Restricted working hours and the type of work 18 Unrestricted 22 nbsp Montserrat nbsp Nicaragua 18 Unrestricted nbsp Panama 18 Unrestricted nbsp Peru 18 Unrestricted nbsp Puerto Rico 16 By default nbsp Saint Barthelemy nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis nbsp Saint Lucia nbsp Saint Martin nbsp Saint Pierre and Miquelon nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines nbsp Sint Maarten nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 16 By default nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands nbsp United States Federal legal working age legislation This list was incomplete Minimum Age Standards for nonagricultural Employment None deliver newspapers perform in radio television movie or theatrical productions work in businesses owned by their parents except in mining manufacturing or hazardous jobs and perform babysitting or perform minor chores around a private home 23 14 Minimum age for employment in specified occupations outside of school hours for limited periods of time each day and each week 16 Basic minimum age for employment At 16 years of age youth may be employed for unlimited hours in any occupation other than one declared to be hazardous by the Secretary of Labor 18 Minimum age for employment in nonagricultural occupations declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor Occupation Standards 14 Minimum age to work in as Office and clerical Work Work of an intellectual or artistically creative nature Cooking except for cooking over an open flame and using equipment such as rotisseries broilers pressurized equipment including fryolators and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as Neico broilers Cashiering selling modelling art work work in advertising departments windows trimming and comparative shopping Price marking assembling orders packing and shelving Delivery work only by foot bicycle and public transportation Cleanup work Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages Cleaning kitchen equipment Cleaning vegetables and fruits and wrapping sealing labeling weighing pricing and stocking of items including vegetables fruits and meat Loading and unloading from motor vehicles Lifeguard But not at a natural environment such as an ocean side beach lake pond river quarry or pier Work in connection with cars and trucks 24 16 Unrestricted for Nonagricultural EmploymentMinimum age to work in as Manufactoring occupation Mining occopation Any occupation found and declared to be hazardous by the secretary of labour Occupations involved with the operating tending setting up adjusting cleaning oiling or repairing of hoisting apparatus Workperformed in or about boiler or engine rooms or in connection with the maintenance or repair of the establishment machines or equipment Occupations involved with the operating tending setting up adjusting cleaning oiling or repairing or of any power driven machinery The operation of motor vehicles or service as heleprs on such vehicles Outside windows washing that involves working from window sills All work requiring the use of ladders scaffolds or their substitutes Baking and most cooking activities Work in freezers and meat coolers and all work in the processing of meat for sale Loading or unloading of goods or property onto or from motor vehicles railroad cars and conveyors Catching and cooping of oultry in preparation for transport or for market Public messinger service 25 18 Minimum age to work in as Manufacturing and storing of explosives Motor vehicle driving and outside helper on a motor vehicle Coal mining Occupations in forest fire fighting forest fire prevention timber tract operations forestry service logging and sawmilling Using Power driven woodworking machines Exposure to radioactive substances Power driven hoisting apparatus including forklifts Power driven metal forming punching and shearing machines Mining other than coal mining Operating power driven meat processing equipment including meat slicers and other food slicers in retail establishments such as grocery stores restaurants kitchens and delis and wholesale establishments and most occupations in meat and poultry slaughtering packing processing orrendering Power driven bakery machines including vertical dough or batter mixers Power driven balers compactors and paper pro cessing machines Manufacturing bricks tile and kindred products Power driven circular saws bandsaws chain saws guillotine shears wood chippers and abrasive cutting discs Wrecking demolition and shipbreaking operations Roofing operations and all work on or about a roof Excavation operations 26 Hours Time Standards 23 14 Fourteen and 15 Year Olds may not be employed before 7 a m or after 7 p m except from June 1 through Labor Day when the evening hour is extended to 9 p m time is based on local standards i e whether the locality has adopted daylight saving time More than 3 hours a day on a school day including Fridays More than 8 hours a day on a nonschool day More than 18 hours a week during a school weeks More than 40 hours a week during nonschool weeks 16 Unrestricted State law may extend restrictions for 16 and 17 year old State laws Alabama HawaiiFederal state Permission needed Legal Working Age Legislation nbsp Alabama nbsp Additional working restrictions None 21 years of age to serve alcoholic beverages for the consumption on premises 19 if licensee is RVP certified 18 years of age to work in that part of an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold or served for consumption on premises 14 15 year olds may not work in an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold served or dispensed for consumption on premises Working hours 14 During the Months when Public Schools are in Session No more than 3 hours after school No more than 8 hours on a non school day No more than 6 days per week No more than 18 hours per week Not before 7 am or after 7 pm each day Not during school hours During the Summer Months No more than 8 hours a day No more than 6 days per week No more than 40 hours per week Not before 7 am or after 9 pm each day 16 During the Months when Public Schools are in Session Minors 16 17 18 years old who are enrolled in public or private school may not work after 10 pm or before 5 am on any night preceding a school day During the Summer Months No hour restrictions during summer break ALABAMA CHILD LABOR LAWS 27 AL 25 8 32 28 AL 25 8 63 nbsp Alaska nbsp Additional working restrictions None For Newspaper sales and delivery Babysitting handiwork and domestic employment in or about private homes Occupations in the entertainment industry with an approved work permit from the Alaska Wage and Hour Administration 14 No dangerous or hard work Maximum 9 hours per day school working Working is prohibited from 5 00 a m to 9 00 p m Maximum 23 working hours per week During school vacations work hours will be limited to 40 hours per week between the hours of 5 00 a m and 9 00 p m 16 All minors 16 and under must have a work permit on file with the department If the employer has a restaurant designation and is licensed to sell alcohol then all minors 17 years of age must also have an approved work permit 18 Unrestricted 19 Selling tobacco or tobacco products 21 Selling stocking or serving alcoholic beverages Working hours See federal law Alaska Child Labor Law 29 nbsp Arizona nbsp Additional working restrictions See federal law some additional restrictions by state law Working hours 14 Maximum of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week during the non school day period During the school day can only work 3 hours per day and 18 hours per school week Arizona law further limits employment of children under the age of 16 making it unlawful for a child under the age of 16 to work between the hours of 9 30 p m and 6 a m If the child is working in door to door sales or deliveries they may not work between the hours of 7 p m and 6 a m 16 Unrestricted A R S 23 230 30 nbsp Arkansas nbsp The following working restrictions do not apply for minors age 16 and 17 under following provisions 1 He she has graduate of any high school vocational school or technical school2 He she is married or is a parent Additional Working Restrictions Under 14 No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed or permitted to work in any remunerative occupation in this state except that during school vacation children under fourteen years may be employed by their parents or guardians in occupations owned or controlled by them 16 No child under sixteen years shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation dangerous to the life and limb or injurious to the health and morals of the child or in any saloon resort or bar where intoxicating liquors of any kind are sold or dispensed No child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed permitted or suffered to work in any capacity In about or in connection with any processes in which dangerous or poisonous acids or gases or other chemicals are used In soldering In occupations causing dust in injurious quantities In scaffolding In heavy work in the building trades In any tunnel or excavation In any mine coal breaker coke oven or quarry or In any pool or billiard room 18 Unrestricted Working hours 14 may not work more than six days in any week more than forty eight hours in any week more than eight hours in any day before 6 00 a m or after 7 00 p m except that on nights preceding nonschool days they may work until 9 00 p m 16 May not work more than six 6 days in any week more than fifty four 54 hours in any week more than ten 10 consecutive hours in any day more than ten 10 hours in a twenty four hour period or before 6 00 a m or after 11 00 p m except that children ages sixteen 16 and seventeen 17 years may be employed until 12 00 midnight on nights preceding nonschool days 18 Unrestricted Arkansas s child labor law 31 11 6 101 11 6 102 11 6 103 11 6 104 11 6 105 11 6 106 11 6 107 11 6 108 11 6 109 11 6 110 11 6 111 11 6 112 11 6 113 11 6 114 11 6 115 11 6 116 nbsp California nbsp Additional working restrictions 12 Minimum age to work in connection with the occupation of selling or distributing newspapers magazines periodicals or circulars 16 Minimum age to work in any type of mechanical work or any work in a gasoline service establishment with Dispensing gas or oil as Courtesy service and for Car cleaning washing and polishing In an establishment that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises if supervised by someone over the age of 21 18 Minimum age to perform an act in a premises where alcohol is served serve alcohol in a bona fide public eating establishment if the person is no employed as a bartender and the service is in that part of the establishment used for the sale and service of food To sell lottery tickets if supervised by someone over the age of 21 21 Minimum age to sell or serve alcoholic beverages unrestricted sell lottery tickets unrestricted Working hours 12 School in session May be employed only during school holidays and vacations usually construed to include weekends May never be employed on any schoolday either before or after school School not in session 8 hours per day 40 hours per weekSpread of hours 7 a m 7 p m except that from June 1 through Labor Day until 9 p m 14 Must have completed 7th grade to work while school in session School in session 3 hours per schoolday outside of school hours 18 hours per weekSchool not in session 8 hours per day 40 hours per weekSpread of hours 7 a m 7 p m except that from June 1 through Labor Day until 9 p m 16 Must have completed 7th grade to work while school in session School in session 4 hours per day on any schoolday 48 hours per weekSchool not in session 8 hours per day 48 hours per weekSpread of hours 5 a m 10 p m However until 12 30 a m on any evening preceding a nonschoolday 18 Unrestricted CALIFORNIA CHILD LABOR LAWS 32 nbsp Colorado nbsp Additional working restrictions 9 Minimum age to Delivery of handbills and advertising Shoe shining Gardening and care of lawns involving no power driven lawn equipment Cleaning of walks involving no power driven snow removal equipment Casual work usual to the home of the employer and not specifically prohibited Caddying on golf courses Occupations similar to the above 12 Minimum age to Sale and delivery of periodicals Door to door selling and delivery of merchandise Baby sitting Gardening and care of lawns and cleaningof walks contact the Division regarding use of power driven equipment Non hazardous agricultural work Occupations similar to the above 14 Minimum age to on hazardous occupations in manufacturing Public messenger service and errands by foot bicycle and public transportation Operation of automatic enclosed freight and passenger elevators Janitorial and custodial service Office work and clerical work Warehousing and storage including unloading and loading of vehicles Non hazardous construction and non hazardous repair work Occupations in retail food service Certain gasoline service occupations Occupations in retail stores Occupations in restaurants hotels motels or other public accommodations Occupations related to parks or recreation Occupations similar to the above 16 Minimum age to The occupations listed above and the operation of a motor vehicle if the minor is licensed to operate the motor vehicle for such use pursuant 18 Minimum age to Sell or serve alcoholic beverages if supervised by someone 21 years of age or older 21 Minimum age to Sell or server alcoholic beverages unrestricted Work hour restriction General Restriction No employer shall be permitted to work a minor more than forty hours in a week or more than eight hours in any twenty four hour period Schoolday Restriction On school days during school hours no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted employment except as provided by a school release permit After school hours no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted to work in excess of six hours unless the next day is not a school day Nighttime Restriction Except for babysitters no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted to work between the hours of nine thirty p m and five a m unless the next day is not a school day An exception to this rule is a minor employed as an actor model or performer Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act C R S 8 12 101 et seq 33 nbsp Connecticut nbsp Additional working restrictions 14 Minimum age to work in as Agriculture Street trades newspaper delivery shoe shining baby sitting etc Hospitals no food service or laundry Convalescent homes no food service or laundry Hotels and motels no food service or laundry Banks Insurance companies Professional offices lawyers CPAs etc Municipalities library attendants recreation departments etc Golf caddies Acting Household chores for private homeowners yard work etc Licensed summer camps Mercantile solicitation 15 Minimum age to work in as Mercantile establishment as a bagger cashier or stock clerk this also includes the sale of alcohol in grocery stores 16 Unrestricted 18 Minimum age to Sell or serve alcoholic beverages Sell tobacco products Work hour restriction 14 May not be employed During school hours Before 7 a m or after 7 p m except from July 1 to Labor Day when evening hours are extended to 9 p m More than 3 hours per day on school days or 8 hours on non school days More than 18 hours a week in school weeks or 40 hours in non school weeks 16 Depending on industry 34 18 Unrestricted Employment of Minors Act 35 nbsp Delaware nbsp Additional working restrictions 18 Selling tobacco products 19 Serving alcoholic beverages in restaurants 21 Sell alcoholic beverages and to work as a barkeeper Work hour restriction 14 Before 7 00 a m or after 7 00 p m except from June 1 through Labor Day when the evening hour shall be extended to 9 00 p m More than four hours per day on school days More than eight hours per day on non school days More than eighteen 18 hours in any week when school is in session for 5 days More than six 6 days in any week More than forty 40 hours per week when school is not in session 16 May not work more than twelve hours in a combination of school and work hours per day Must have at least eight consecutive hours of non work non school time in each 24 hour period May not work more than five hours continuously without a non work period of at least 30 consecutive minutes 18 Unrestricted Delaware Child Labor Law 36 nbsp Florida nbsp Additional working restrictions None Minors who work for their parents in occupations not declared hazardous in the Florida legislature Newspaper delivery 10 years old Minors in the entertainment industry registered with Child Labor Compliance 14 Minimum working age 16 For the handling certain dangerous animals Conducting door to door sales of products as employment some exceptions Spray painting 18 Unrestricted Sell alcoholic beverages as such as beer and wine and to work as a barkeeper Sell tobacco products 21 Sell alcoholic beverages Spirits Work hour restriction 14 May work up to 15 hours per week Not before 7 a m or after 7 p m and for no more than 3 hours a day on school days when a school day follows May work up to 8 hours on Friday Saturday Sunday and on nonschool days when school days do not follow until 9 p m 16 May work up to 30 hours per week Not before 6 30 a m or later than 11 p m and for no more than 8 hours a day when school is scheduled the following day On days when school does not follow there are no hour restrictions 18 Unrestricted The State of Florida and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA 37 nbsp Georgia U S state Under 16 nbsp Over 16 nbsp Additional working restrictions Under 12 No minor under 12 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation at any time provided that this Code section shall not be construed to apply to employment of a minor in agriculture domestic service in private homes or any specific employment permitted by this chapter or to employment by a parent or a person standing in the place of a parent Other restrictions are similar to the federal laws Work hour restriction 14 4 hours on a school day 8 hours on a nonschool day 40 hours during a nonschool week Not work before 6 a m Not work after 9 p m 16 Unrestricted GDOL Child Labor Act 38 nbsp Hawaii nbsp Additional working restrictions None 18 years of age to sell alcoholic beverages and to work as a barkeeper Work hour restrictions 14 Not more than 3 hours per day on a school day and 8 hours per day on a non school day During a school week not more than 18 hours per week During a non school week not more than 40 hours per week On school days and the day before a school day Between 7 00 a m and 7 00 p m On non school days and the day before a non school day Between 6 00 a m and 9 00 p m Not more than 6 consecutive days and 5 consecutive hours without at least a 30 minute rest or meal period 16 UnrestrictedWork hour restrictions 14 Not more than 3 hours per day on a school day and 8 hours per day on a non school day During a school week not more than 18 hours per week During a non school week not more than 40 hours per week On school days and the day before a school day Between 7 00 a m and 7 00 p m On non school days and the day before a non school day Between 6 00 a m and 9 00 p m Not more than 6 consecutive days and 5 consecutive hours without at least a 30 minute rest or meal period 16 Unrestricted Hawaii Child Labor Law 39 State laws Idaho MassachusettsFederal state Permission needed Legal Working Age Legislation nbsp Idaho nbsp Additional working restrictions None 19 years of age to handle sales of alcohol or to serve it in a restaurants Work hour restrictions 14 No person under the age of sixteen years shall be employed or suffered or permitted to work at any gainful occupation more than fifty four hours in any one week nor more than nine hours in any one day nor before the hour of six o clock in the morning nor after the hour of nine o clock in the evening 16 Unrestricted Idaho Statutes 44 1301 44 1302 44 1303 and 44 1304 nbsp Indiana nbsp Additional working restrictions None 18 years of age to sell tobacco products 19 years of age can ring up the sale of alcoholic beverages in the course of their employment at a drug or grocery store if there is at least one other employee on the licensed premise who is twenty one years of age or older Work hour restrictions 14 Restricted to 3 hours per school day 8 hours per non school day 18 hours per school week 40 hours per non school week No work before 7 00 a m or after 7 00 p m except 9 00 p m June 1 through Labor Day 16 Restricted to 8 hours per school day 9 hours per day not followed by a school day 30 hours per week 40 hours per school week 48 hours per non school week No more than 6 working days per week No work before 6 00 a m Work until 10 00 p m on nights followed by a school day Work until 12 00 a m on nights not followed by a school day 17 16 s Restrictions apply but working Until 10 00 p m on nights followed by a school day Until 11 30 p m on nights followed by a school day Until 1 00 a m on nights followed by a school day but not on consecutive nights and not more than two school nights per week is permitted 18 Unrestricted Indiana Child Labor Law905 IAC 1 15 3 1IC 7 1 5 7 13IC 35 46 1 11 7 nbsp Iowa Under 16 nbsp 16 and over nbsp Additional working restrictions None 16 years of age to sell liquor wine or beer in original unopened containers for off premises consumption grocery stores convenience stores liquor stores etc 18 years of age to sell and dispense liquor wine or beer for on premises consumption restaurants bars clubs etc 21 years of age to deliver liquor wine or beer in original unopened containers to a home or other designated location for personal use licensees and permittees authorized to sell liquor wine or beer for off premises consumption Work hour restrictions 14 Permitted outside school hours between 7 a m and 7 p m from the day after Labor Day in September through May 31 and no more than four hours per day Monday through Friday or eight hours per day on Saturdays Sundays and holidays No more than a total of 28 hours per week is allowed From June 1 through Labor Day a minor may work up to eight hours per day between 7 a m and 9 p m but not more than 40 hours per week 16 Unrestricted Iowa Code sections 123 46A 123 47 123 49 2 f 185 4 25 Iowa Administrative CodeIowa Child Labor Law nbsp Kansas Under 16 nbsp 16 and over nbsp Additional working restrictions None 18 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant serving alcohol and to sell 3 2 ABV beer 21 years of age Unrestricted Work hour restrictions None see federal law Fair Labor Standards Act nbsp Kentucky nbsp Additional working restrictions Minors under the age of 18 are prohibited from working in as Occupations in or about Plants or Establishments Manufacturing or Storing Explosives or Articles Containing Explosive Components Motor vehicle Driver and outside helper on a motor vehicle Coal Mine Occupations Logging or Sawmill Operations Operation of Power Driven Woodworking machines Exposure to Radioactive Substances Power driven hoisting apparatus including forklifts Operation of Power Driven Metal Forming punching and shearing machines Mining other than coal mining Operation of Power driven bakery machines including vertical dough or batter mixers Manufacturing bricks tile and kindred products Wrecking demolition and shipbreaking operations Roofing operations and all work on or about a roof In about or in connection with any establishment where alcoholic liquors are distilled rectified compounded brewed manufactured bottled sold for consumption or dispensed unless permitted by the rules and regulations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board except they may be employed in places where the sale of alcoholic beverages by the package is merely incidental to the main business actually conducted Pool or Billiard Room Work hour restrictions 14 May not work more than before 7 00 a m and after 7 00 p m 9 00 p m June 1 through Labor Day 3 Hours per day on a school day 8 Hours per day on a nonschool day 18 Hours per week if school is in session and 8 Hours per day 40 Hours per Week if school is not in session 16 May not work more than before 6 00 a m and after 10 30 p m preceding aschool day 1 00 a m preceding a nonschool day 6 Hours per day on a school day 8 Hours per day on a nonschool day 30 Hours per week if school is in session No restrictions if school is not in session 18 Unrestricted KRS 339 230 803 KAR 1 100 KRS 339 210 nbsp Louisiana nbsp Additional working restrictions None 18 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol or as a bartender Age is not a factor in working for any business for which selling alcohol is not their primary purpose as long as that business holds an off premises license meaning alcohol cannot be consumed on the property Work hour restrictions 12 Permitted if The minor s parent or legal guardian is an owner or partner in the business in which the minor is to be employed The minor works only under the direct supervision of the parent or legal guardian who owns or is a part ner in the business All of the protections afforded to minors fourteen and fifteen years of age shall be afforded to minors twelve and thirteen years of age 14 Minors age 14 to 15 may be employed only after school hours and during nonschool days but only under highly regulated circumstances Prohibitions more than six hours in any day more than 24 hours in any week between the hours of 11 p m and 6 a m Restrictions for commercial motion picture film or video productions or modeling Prohibited before 7 a m for studio production 6 a m for location productions for minors under six years of age after 7 p m for minors six years of age to 15 years of age 8 p m on any day prior to a day during which school is in session or 10 p m on any day prior to a day during which school is not in session as defined by the local superintendent for the school district in which the minor resides Minors under six years of age shall not work more than six hours per day minors six years of age to 15 years of age shall not work more than eight hours per day Minors shall receive a 12 hour rest break at the end of each work day before the commencement of the next day of work Minors shall not be employed more than six consecutive days in any one week nor more than 36 hours per week for minors under six years of age nor more than 48 hours per week for minors six years of age to 15 years of age 16 Minors age 16 may not work between the hours of 11 00 p m and 5 00 a m on any day before a day school is in session 17 Minors age 17 may not work between the hours of midnight and 5 00 a m on any day before a day when school is in session These restrictions do not apply to minors who have graduated from high school La R S 23 151 et seq and La Admin Code tit 40 sec VII 103 303 nbsp Maine Under 16 nbsp 16 and over nbsp Additional working restrictions None 17 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that serves alcohol or as a bartender and handle transport and sell beer wine and spirits The presence of a supervisor over the age of 21 is required Work hour restrictions 14 No more than 6 days in a row Cannot work before 7 00 a m Not after 7 00 p m during school year Cannot work after 9 00 p m during summer vacation When School is not in Session No more than 8 hours in any one day weekend holiday vacation or workshop Not more than 40 hours in a week school must be out entire week When School is in Session No more than 3 hours on a school day including Friday Not more than 18 hours in a week that school is in session one or more days 16 No more than 6 days in a row Cannot work before 7 00 a m on a school day Cannot work before 5 00 a m on a non school day Cannot work after 10 15 p m the night before a school day Can work up to midnight when there is no school the next day When School is not in Session No more than 10 hours in any one day weekend holiday vacation or workshop No more than 50 hours in a week When School is in Session No more than 6 hours on a school day No more than 10 hours on any holiday vacation or workshop day On last day of school week may work up to 8 hours No more than 24 hours in a week except may work 50 hours any week that approved school calendar is less than 3 days or during the first and last week of school calendar 18 Unrestricted Maine Law Governing the Employment of Minors nbsp Maryland nbsp Additional working restrictions None 18 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol and to sell wine and beer in retail stores Work hour restrictions 14 Not before 7 00 a m or after 8 00 p m Minors may work until 9 00 p m from Memorial Day to Labor Day When School is not in Session Not more than 8 hours a day work more than 40 hours in any week When School is in Session Not more than 4 hours a day work more than 23 hours in any week 16 May spend no more than 12 hours in a combination of school hours and work hours each day Must be allowed at least 8 consecutive hours of non work non school time in each 24 hour period 18 Unrestricted Labor and Employment Article Title 3 Subtitle 2 Annotated Code of Maryland nbsp Massachusetts nbsp Additional working restrictions None Children may work at any age on a farm owned or operated by their parents 9 Children as young as 9 may deliver newspapers with a special badge and written consent of a parent or guardian 10 Minors age 10 and 11 may engage in limited seasonal work with special permission from the federal Secretary of Labor 12 Minors 12 or older may sell certain articles for sale in public places although selling door to door is prohibited until the age of 16 Minors age 12 and 13 may work on farms with their parents or at other farms if they have the written consent of their parents 16 Unrestricted see federal law 18 To work as a bartender or in a restaurant serving alcohol and may handle transport and sell beer wine and spirits in a retail store Work hour restrictions 14 14 15 year old minors may not be employed During school hours EXCEPT as provided in approved work experience and career exploration programs Between 7 00 p m and 7 00 a m EXCEPT from July 1 through Labor Day when they may work until 9 00 p m More than 3 hours per day during school weeks not more than 8 hours per day during weeks when school is not in session More than 18 hours per school week EXCEPT in approved work experience and career exploration programs in which case they may work 23 hours More than 40 hours per week when school is not in session More than 6 days per week 16 16 17 year old minors may not be employed Between 10 00 p m and 6 00 a m with exceptions When an establishment stops serving customers at 10 00 p m the minor may work until 10 15 p m On nights not preceding a regularly scheduled school day they may work until 11 30 p m In restaurants and race tracks they may work until 12 00 a m on nights not preceding a regularly scheduled school day More than 9 hours per day More than 48 hours in a week or More than 6 days per week 18 Unrestricted M G L c 149 104 State laws Michigan New MexicoFederal state Permission needed Legal Working Age Legislation nbsp Michigan nbsp Additional working restrictions Minors may not work Contact with hazardous substances chemicals explosives or radioactive substances Driving and working as an outside helper pizza delivery etc Jobs in the logging and sawmill industry Jobs using woodworking machinery Brazing welding soldering or heat treating for those less than 16 years of age Work on construction sites excavation sites bridges streets or highways Slaughtering butchering cutting meat or using meat slicers cleavers or boning knives Occupations involving power driven equipment tools saws or machinery bakery machines paper product machines and metal forming punching and shearing machines A licensee shall not allow any person who is less than 18 years of age to sell or serve alcoholic liquor Special requirements 11 11 year olds and those older may work as golf caddies athletic event referees and bridge caddies under specific conditions 13 13 year olds and those older may work as corn detasselers and at trap shooting events Work hour restrictions A minor may not work more than six days per week Minors are limited to working no more than 10 hours in a day with a weekly average of 8 hours per day Combined hours of school and work cannot exceed 48 hours in a work week Special hours apply to workers in agricultural processing An information sheet is available from the Wage amp Hour Division 14 14 and 15 year olds may not work After 9 00 p m or before 7 00 a m 14 and 15 year olds may not work during school hours 16 16 and 17 year olds may not work Before 6 00 a m or after 10 30 p m Sunday through Thursday Before 6 00 a m or after 11 30 p m Fridays and Saturdays during school vacation periods and during periods when a minor is not regularly enrolled in school Approval may be granted for 16 and 17 year olds to work beyond the starting and ending times specified in the Youth Employment Standards Act Approvals may be obtained from the Wage amp Hour Division YOUTH EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT Michigan Act 90 of 1978 MCL 436 1707 6 of the Liquor Control Code states nbsp Minnesota nbsp Additional working restrictions Minors are prohibited from working in the following capacities Serving liquor Working with hazardous materials such as explosives Operating power driven machinery including motor vehicles On or about construction sites Work hour restrictions 14 Minors under 16 may not work Before 7 a m or after 9 p m with the exception of a newspaper carrier For more than 40 hours a week or more than eight hours per 24 hour period except in agricultural operations During school hours on school days without an employment certificate issued by the appropriate school officials 16 Minors over 16 but under 18 may not work Later than 11 p m on evenings before school days or before 5 a m on school days With written permission from a parent or guardian these hours may be expanded to 11 30 p m and 4 30 a m Minnesota Rules 5200 0910 and 5200 0920 Minnesota Child Labor Standards Act nbsp Mississippi nbsp Additional working restrictions Minors under the age of 17 are not permitted to operate vehicles used for transportation purposes 18 To serve alcoholic beverages in Restaurants 21 To work as a bartender or to handle alcohol in a liquor store Work hour restrictions 14 Only between the hours of 6 a m and 7 p m 16 Prohibited from working more than 8 hours in a day and 44 hours in a week Marriage Child labor laws in the State of Mississippi do not apply to minor workers who are married before they reach the age of 18 Fair Labor Standards Act Title 67 Chapter 1 Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control nbsp Missouri Under 16 during the regular school term nbsp 16 and over nbsp Additional working restrictions Minors under 16 may not work in as Any power driven machinery except lawn and garden machinery used in domestic service at or around a private residence provided that there shall be an agreement between an occupant of the private residence and the child and by no other person firm or corporation other than a parent legal custodian or guardian of the child for the performance of such work The oiling cleaning maintenance or washing of machinery Any ladders scaffolding or their substitute Any mine or quarry except in offices or at other nonhazardous employment Stone cutting or polishing except those found in jewelry type business Any plant manufacturing processing storing or transporting Type A and B explosives ammunition or like materials or in an establishment in which sales of Type A and B explosive materials make up fifty percent or more of gross sales The operation of any motor vehicle Any blast furnace rolling mill foundry forging shop or in any establishment where heating of metals is carried on or where cold rolling stamping shearing punching of metal stock is carried on Saw mills cooperage stock mills or where woodworking machinery is used The operation of freight elevators hoisting machines or cranes or on or about any manlifts Occupations involving exposure to ionizing or nonionizing radiation or any radioactive substance Any occupation involving exposure to any toxic or hazardous chemicals Any capacity in or about a motel resort hotel where sleeping accommodations are furnished except in offices or locations physically separated from the sleeping accommodations Any place or establishment in which intoxicating alcoholic liquors or beverages are manufactured bottled stored or sold for consumption on or off the premises except in establishments where at least fifty percent of the gross sales consist of goods merchandise or commodities other than alcoholic beverages No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any street occupation connected with peddling begging door to door selling or any activity pursued on or about any public street or public place This prohibition does not apply to any public school or church or charitable fund raising activity or distribution of literature relating to a registered political candidate Any other occupation or place of employment dangerous to the life limb health or morals of children under the age of sixteen Work hour restrictions A child shall not be employed permitted or suffered to work at any gainful employment for more than three hours per day in any school day more than eight hours in any nonschool day more than six days or forty hours in any week Normal work hours shall not begin before seven o clock in the morning nor extend to after 9 00 p m except as provided in subsection 2 of this section The provisions of this subsection may be waived by the director in full or in part depending upon the nature of the employment Such waiver shall be provided in writing to the employer by the director On all evenings from Labor Day to June first a child shall not be employed permitted or suffered to work at any gainful employment after 7 00 p m nor after 9 00 p m from June first to Labor Day except that a child who has passed his or her fourteenth birthday but is under sixteen years of age may be employed at a regional fair from June first to Labor Day if such child does not work after 10 30 p m is supervised by an adult parental consent is given and the provisions of this subsection are complied with The regional fair exception shall not apply to those entities covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act The provisions of this subsection do not apply to children who have been permanently excused from school pursuant to the provisions of chapter 167 The provisions of this subsection may be waived by the director in full or in part depending upon the nature of the employment Such waiver shall be provided in writing to the employer by the director RSMo 1939 9622 A L 1957 p 525 6 A L 1989 H B 461 A L 1997 S B 220 L 1989 H B 461 A L 2002 S B 923 et al RSMo 1939 9621 A L 1957 p 525 5 A L 1971 S B 171 A L 1995 H B 300 amp 95 merged with H B 414 A L 1998 H B 1748 A L 1999 S B 234 A L 2002 S B 923 et al nbsp Montana nbsp Additional working restrictions None 18 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol and to sell alcohol in retail stores Work hour restrictions 14 May not work during school hours except as provided for in Work Experience and Career Exploration Programs approved by the department or the office of public instruction Working is permitted from 7 a m to 7 p m except that the minor may be employed until 9 p m during the periods outside the school year June 1 through Labor Day depending on local standards Maximum 3 hours on a school day Maximum 18 hours in a school week Maximum 8 hours on a non school day Maximum 40 hours in a non school week 16 Unrestricted Child Labor Standards Act TITLE 41 MINORS CHAPTER 2 CHILD LABOR Montana Code Annotated TITLE 16 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO nbsp Nebraska Under 16 during the regular school term nbsp 16 and over nbsp Additional working restrictions None 19 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol and to sell alcohol in retail stores Work hour restrictions None See federal law Neb Rev Stat 48 301 to 48 313 Nebraska Liquor Control Commission nbsp Nevada nbsp Additional working restrictions Minors under 16 may not work The preparation of any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used The manufacture of paints colors or white lead Dipping drying or packing matches The manufacture of goods for immoral purposes Any mine coal breaker quarry smelter ore reduction works laundry tobacco warehouse cigar factory or other factory where tobacco is manufactured or prepared Any distillery brewery or any other establishment where malt or alcoholic liquors are manufactured packed wrapped or bottled Any glass furnace smelter the outside erection and repair of electric wires the running or management of elevators lifts or hoisting machines or oiling hazardous or dangerous machinery in motion Switch tending gate tending or track repairing No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work as a brakeman fireman engineer motorman or conductor upon any railroad in or about establishments where nitroglycerin dynamite dualin guncotton gunpowder or other high or dangerous explosives are manufactured compounded or stored No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any other employment declared by the Labor Commissioner to be dangerous to the lives or limbs or injurious to the health or morals of children under the age of 16 years Minors under 18 may not work In begging receiving alms or in any mendicant occupation In any indecent or immoral exhibition or practice In any practice or exhibition dangerous or injurious to life limb health or morals As a messenger for delivering letters telegrams packages or bundles to any house of prostitution or assignation In any public dance hall within this State where alcoholic beverages are dispensed In any area of a casino where there is gaming or where the sale of alcoholic beverages is the primary commercial activity unless the minor is in the casino area to provide entertainment pursuant to an employment contract The minimum age to serve or sell alcohol in a grocery store or convenience mart is 16 as long as the minor is supervised by someone over the age of 21 The minimum age to work as a bartender or in a restaurant that sells alcohol is 21 Work hour restrictions 14 Maximum 48 hours in 1 week and 8 hours in 1 day 16 Unrestricted CHAPTER 609 EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS NRS 609 190 Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited NRS 609 210 Employing or exhibiting minor in certain injurious immoral or dangerous activities Criminal penalty NRS 609 240 Maximum hours of employment of child under 16 years of age CHAPTER 202 CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY NRS 202 020 Purchase consumption or possession of alcoholic beverage by minor NRS 202 057 Using person who is less than 18 years of age to distribute material that includes offer for alcoholic beverages nbsp New Hampshire Under 16 nbsp 16 and over nbsp But written permission of parents is needed Additional working restrictions None 17 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol and to sell alcohol in retail stores Work hour restrictions 12 Minors aged 12 15 years may not work additionally to the federal legal working age legislations During school hours Before 7 a m or after 9 p m More than 3 hours per day and maximum 23 hours per school week More than 8 hours per day and maximum 48 hours per school week 16 Minors aged 16 and 17 years may not work Enrolled in school More than 6 consecutive days nor more than 30 hours peer week during the school calendar week More than 6 consecutive days nor more than 48 hours peer week during the school vacation weeks or summer vacation More than 10 hours per day in manufactoring nor more than 10 1 4 hours per day in manual or mechanical labor nor more than 8 hours per night if working at night 16 Minors aged 16 and 17 years may not work Not enrolled in school In manufactoring more than 10 hours per day nor more than 48 hours per week In manual or mechanical labor more than 10 1 4 hours per day nor more than 54 hours per week Night work is restricted to no more than 8 hours by shift and 48 hours per week TITLE XXIII LABOR CHAPTER 276 A YOUTH EMPLOYMENT LAW Section 276 A 4 Section 276 A 11 Section 276 A 13 Section 276 A 5 Section 276 A 12 CHAPTER Lab 1000 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT nbsp New Jersey nbsp New MexicoState laws New York South DakotaFederal state Permission needed Legal Working Age Legislation nbsp New York Under 18 nbsp Over 18 nbsp Additional working restrictions 18 years of age to work as a bartender serve alcohol in a restaurant and work in a liquor store if supervised by someone over 21 Minors under 18 may not work At construction work including wrecking demolition roofing or excavating operations and the painting or exterior cleaning of a building structure from an elevated surface Involving the operation of circular saws band saws and guillotine shears In or about a slaughtering and meat packing establishment or rendering plant Involving the operation of power driven woodworking metal forming metal punching metal shearing bakery and paper products machines Involving the operation of power driven hoisting apparatus the manufacture of brick tile and like products and exposure to radioactive substances or ionizing radiation or exposure to silica or other harmful dust Like logging occupations and occupations in the operation of any sawmill lath mill shingle mill or cooperage stock mill In mining or in connection with a mine or quarry As a helper on a motor vehicle In the care or operation of a freight or passenger elevator except that minor over 16 may operate automatic push button control elevators In manufacturing packing or storing of explosives or in the use or delivery of explosives Operating or using any emery tripoli rouge corundum stone silicon carbide or any abrasive or emery polishing or buffing wheel where articles of the baser metals or iridium are manufactured Adjusting belts to machinery or cleaning oiling or wiping machinery Packing paints dry colors or red or white leads Preparing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used Operating steam boilers subject to section 204 of the Labor Law In penal or correctional institutions if the job relates to the custody or care of prisoners or inmates These rules do not apply to Workers younger than 18 who are apprentices individually registered in DOL registered apprenticeship programs Student learners enrolled in recognized cooperative vocational training programs Trainees in approved on the job training programs Workers 16 or 17 years old who have completed training as a student learner or trainee in an approved on the job training program Workers 16 or 17 years old who have completed a training program given by a public school or a non profit institution that includes DOL approved safety instruction Minors under 16 may not work Any factory work except in delivery and clerical employment in an enclosed office of a factory or in dry cleaning stores shoe repair shops and similar service stores Operating or assisting in operating any machinery unless all moving parts other than keys levers or handles are so guarded as to prevent any part of the person or clothing for the operator from touching them Painting or exterior cleaning in connection with the maintenance of a building or structure Operating washing grinding cutting slicing pressing or mixing machinery Work at institutions in the Department of Mental Health Industrial homework Places of entertainment as a rope or wirewalker or gymnast unless protected by the use of safety devices or protective equipment that comply with the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act Peddling drug traffic or any practice exhibition or place dangerous or injurious to life limb or morals Dangerous farm jobs Work hour restrictions 14 Minors aged 14 and 15 may maximum work When school is in Session 3 hours on school days 18 hours per week 6 days per week from 7 am to 7 pm When school is not in Session 8 hours per day 40 hours per week 6 days per week from 7 am to 9 pm 16 Minors aged 16 and 17 may maximum work When school is in Session 4 hours on days preceding school days 28 hours per week 6 days per week from 6 am to 10 pm When school is not in Session 8 hours per day 48 hours per week 6 days per week from 6 am to Midnight Farm work Minors aged 12 or 13 may maximum work 4 hours per day from 7 am to 7 pm June 21 to Labor Day 9 am to 4 pm Day after Labor Day to June 20 Minors aged 14 or older are unrestricted Newspaper carriers Minors aged 11 to 18 may maximum work 4 Hours on school days 5 Hours on other days from 5 am to 7 pm or 30 minutes prior to Sunset whichever is later Street trades Minors aged 14 to 18 may maximum work 4 Hours on school days 5 Hours on other days from 6 am to 7 pm New York child labour law PART 186 CHILD PERFORMERS Statutory authority Labor Law 154 a Subpart 186 3 Subpart 186 4 Subpart 186 5 Subpart 186 6 Subpart 186 7 Subpart 186 9 Subpart 186 10 NEW YORK STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY nbsp North Carolina nbsp Additional working restrictions Under 16 No child under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in or about or in connection with any mill factory cannery workshop manufacturing or mercantile establishment laundry bakery office hotel restaurant barber shop boot black stand public stable garage place of amusement brick yard lumber yard or any messenger or delivery service Newspaper and magazine carrier Newspaper and magazine carrier boys operating on fixed routes are not classified as being employed in street trades Boys under 16 and over 14 may be employed as carrier boys under regular employment certificates between 5 00 a m and 8 00 p m but the hours of work and the hours in school shall not exceed eight hours in any one day These hours are fixed by Sec 5033 C S as amended by Ch 125 Public Laws of 1931 which further limits the hours of work for carrier boys to four hours per day and 24 hours per week Neighborhood Magazine Sales Nothing in the above rulings shall be construed to prohibit a boy under 14 years of age from selling and delivering magazines and periodicals in the vicinity of his home and under the supervision of his parents Street Trades are defined as selling merchandise such as newspapers magazines peanuts etc or working as itinerant boot blacks etc on the streets Girls under 16 years of age will not be permitted to engage in any form of street trades Boys 12 and 13 years of age may engage in various forms of street trades during the time school Place of Amusement The employment of any child under the age of 14 years in a place of amusement is illegal Work hour restrictions Under 16 Minors under the age of 16 may maximum work 8 hours per day 48 hours per week No child under 16 years of age except newspaper carrier boys may be employed or permitted to work before 6 00 o clock in the morning or after 7 00 o clock in the evening 16 Unrestricted RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIVE TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE STANDARDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR GRADING INDUSTRIAL PLANTS nbsp North Dakota Under 16 nbsp Over 16 nbsp Additional working restrictions Under 16 No child under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in as or about or in connection with Employment involving the use of any power driven machinery Construction work other than cleaning errandrunning moving stacking loading or unloading materials by hand Lumbering or logging operations and Sawmills or planing mills Manufacture disposition or use of explosives Operation of any steam boiler steam machinery or steam generating apparatus operation or assisting in the operation of laundry machinery and operating or assisting in the operation of passenger or freight elevators Preparing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are used Work in a mine or quarry Manufacture of goods for immoral purposes Any other employment not herein specifically enumerated that may be considered dangerous to life or limb or in which health may be injured or morals depraved Occupations which involve working on an elevated surface with or without the use of safety equipment including ladders and scaffolds in which the work is performed higher than six feet off of the ground Security positions or occupations that require the use of a firearm or other weapon Door to door sales of any kind Occupations involving the loading handling mixing applying or working around or near any fertilizers herbicides fungicides pesticides insecticides or any other chemicals toxins or heavy metals Occupations in or in connection with medical or other dangerous wastes Occupations which involve the handling or storage of blood blood products body fluids and body tissues Cooking baking grilling or frying Warehouse or storage work Trucking or commercial driving Additionally any employment which would compel the person to remain standing constantly is prohibited Over 16 Unrestricted 21 to work as a bartender or to sell alcohol in a liquor store 19 to serve alcohol in a restaurant if supervised by someone 21 or older Work hour restrictions Under 16 Minors under the age of 16 may maximum work 3 hours on a school day 18 hours in a school week 8 hours on a non school day 40 hours in a non school week Labor Days May 31 7 00 am 7 00 pm June 1 7 00 am 9 00 pm Over 16 Unrestricted N D C C Chapter 34 07 Child Labor 34 07 01 34 07 21 NORTH DAKOTA CENTURY CODE TITLE 5 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CHAPTER 5 01 nbsp Ohio Under 18 nbsp Over 18 nbsp Additional working restrictions Under 18 No child under 18 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in as or about or in connection with Occupations involving slaughtering meat packing processing or rendering Power driven bakery machines paper products machines metal forming punching and shearing machines woodworking machines and hoisting apparatus Occupations involved in the manufacture of brick tile and kindred products Occupations involved in the manufacture of chemicals Manufacturing or storage occupations involving explosives Occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations Occupations involved in the operation of power driven circular saws band saws and guillotine shears Coal mines Occupations in connection with mining other than coal Logging and sawmilling Motor vehicle occupations Maritime and longshoreman occupations Railroads Excavation operations Roofing operations Wrecking demolition and shipbreaking 21 years of age to work as a bartender 19 years of age to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol 18 is the minimum age to work in a liquor store or transport alcohol Work hour restrictions Under 16 No person under 16 shall be employed During school hours except where specifically permitted Before 7 a m or after 9 p m from June 1 to September 1 or during any school holiday of 5 school days or more or after 7 p m at any other time For more than 3 hours a day in any school day For more than 18 hours in any school week For more than 8 hours in any day when school is not in session For more than 40 hours in any week that school is not in session nor during school hours unless employment is incidental to bona fide programs of vocational cooperative training work study or other work oriented programs with the purpose of educating students and the program meets standards established by the state board of education Under 18 No person 16 or 17 who is required to attend school shall be employed Before 7 a m on any day that school is in session or 6 a m if the person was not employed after 8 p m the previous night After 11 p m on any night preceding a day that school is in session Ohio Revised Code Title 41 XLI LABOR AND INDUSTRY Chapter 4109 EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS Ohio Revised Code Title 43 XLIII LIQUOR Chapter 4301 LIQUOR CONTROL LAW nbsp Oklahoma Under 18 nbsp Over 18 nbsp Additional working restrictions None 18 to work as a bartender to transport alcohol or to work as a server in a restaurant that sells alcohol Oklahoma Statute 37 537 Intoxicating Liquors nbsp Oregon nbsp Additional working restrictions Under 18 No child under 18 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in as or about or in connection with Contact with operating power driven food slicers grinders and choppers includes cleaning even if unassembled Motor vehicle driving including motor vehicle outside helpers except under limited circumstances for minors 17 years of age Operating repairing and cleaning bakery machines Lumber mill logging and sawmilling occupations Tasks performed in connection with active forest fires Operating balers metal strap banders and compactors Operating power driven hand drills sanders woodworkingmachines Excavating and working in trenches over 4 in depth Roofing and related occupations Operating power driven hoisting apparatus and lifts Manufacturing storing and using explosives Operating power driven metal forming punching and shearing machines Occupations in connection with power driven meat processing machinery Meat and poultry slaughtering packing processing or rendering Contact with circular chain band saws and guillotine shears Operating commercial mixers Using power nail impact guns wire stitchers and fasteners All mining occupations Operating power driven paper products machines Wrecking demolition and ship breaking operations Manufacturing brick tile and kindred products Messenger services between 10 00 pm and 5 00 am Under 16 No child under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in as or about or in connection with Manufacturing processing occupations Work in locations where power driven machinery is used Work in workshops or warehouses Work in or on boats or commercial docks Lifeguard swim occupations except for trained certified 15 year olds Work around constructions sites and equipment Using pressure washers Cooking with open flame grill manual fryer broiler or surface or oil more than 100 degrees Using pizza bakery or convection ovens Work in connection with golf carts Using ladders scaffolds or substitutes Outside window cleaning above ground Work in grain elevators Work in gravel or sand plants or bunkers Land clearing Lumber loading Washing loading or unloading trucks other than personal non powered tools items Contact with power mowers cutters blowers Sign waving unless in front of business Employment in commercial laundries Welding or soldering work Occupations in connection with mechanical amusements Surveying Wood cutting sawing Office work only in auto wrecking yards junk dealer waterworks lumbering motor vehicle transportation operations 18 to perform any work that involves selling or handling alcohol Work hour restrictions Under 16 Minors under the age of 16 may maximum work 3 hours on a school day 18 hours in a school week 8 hours on a non school day 40 hours in a non school week Only between the hours of 7 a m and 7 p m Working is not allowed during school hours Over 16 Minors over the age of 16 may maximum work 44 hours per week WH 218 Rev 12 30 13 2013 Oregon Revised Statutes 471 565 nbsp Pennsylvania Under 18 nbsp Over 18 nbsp Additional working restrictions Prohibited Occupations for all Minors in Entertainment Any acrobatic act that is hazardous to the minor s safety or well being Use of or exposure to dangerous weapons or pyrotechnical devises Activities that have a high level of inherent danger including activities involving speed height a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear or spectacular stunts An act that constitutes sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of minors Boxing sparring or wrestling except for a bona fide athletic or recognized amateur competition or activity or non contact portrayal Assisting performers in animal act conducting an animal into a ring or on stage or riding an animal when the animal exceeds half the weight of the child performer Prohibited Occupations for all Minors Brickmaker Crane elevator operator Electrical worker Excavator Explosives manufacturing Forest firefighting Forest service Mill worker Meat processing Motion picture projectionist Motor vehicles Exception for occasional driving for licensed 17 year olds with state approved driver education course if vehicle does not exceed 6 000 pounds and has restraining device driving is during daylight within 30 mile radius of employer and limited to 2 trips per day away from employer location Paint Acids and Poiso manufacturer Roofer Woodworking Using power driven woodworking machines including supervising controlling operation of machines feeding assisting with feeding materials into machines setting up adjusting repairing oiling or cleaning power driven woodworking machines off bearing from circular saws and guillotine action veneer clippers Exception 16 17 year olds may place material on moving chain hopper for automatic feeding Spray coater Welder Wrecking and or demolition worker All minors are also prohibited from working In establishments where alcoholic beverages are produced sold or dispensed Except in part of establishment where alcohol is not served or hotels clubs or restaurants where alcohol is served and the establishment has a Sunday sales license issued by the Liquor Control Board and minor is serving food clearing tables and or related duties but minor may not serve or dispense alcohol Performing arts students engaged in uncompensated exhibitions may perform at a licensed establishment under proper supervision in accordance with the Liquor Code On boats Pilot fireman or engineer on any boat or vessel On machinery Including repairing cleaning or oiling machinery in motion and operating or assisting in the operation of the following emery wheels metal plate bending forming punching hammering bending rolling and shearing machines punch presses wire stitching stapling machines circular saws band saws guillotine shears chain saws reciprocating saws wood chippers and abrasive cutting discs On baking machinery Operating assisting setting up adjusting repairing oiling or cleaning dough batter mixer bread dividing rounding or molding machine dough brake dough sheeter bread slicer wrapper machine or cake cutting band saw and setting up adjusting cookie or cracker machine Except for 16 and 17 year olds setting up adjusting repairing oiling and cleaning lightweight small capacity portable counter top power driven food mixers comparable to models intended for household use Except for 16 and 17 year olds operating pizza dough rollers constructed with safeguards to prevent fingers hands clothing from being caught on the in running point of rollers which have completely enclosed gears and have microswitches that disengage machinery if the backs sides of rollers removed Exception does not apply to setting up adjusting repairing oiling or cleaning of pizza dough rollers In metal industries In mines Dangerous occupations in or around any mine including all work performed in any underground working open pit or surface part of any coal mining plant that contribute to the extraction grading cleaning or other handling of coal Exceptions for 16 17 year olds slate refuse picking at picking table chute in a tipple or breaker at a coal mine work in office or repair maintenance shops on the surface For other mines all occupations prohibited except may work in above ground office warehouse supply house change house laboratory repair maintenance shops in living quarters outside mine in surveying repair maintenance of roads general clean up track crew work for sections of railroad track when mining activities not being performed work in or about surface placer mining operations other than place dredging operations and hydraulic placer mining operations At metal mills other than in mercury recovery mills or mills using cyanide process may operate jigs sludge tables flotation cells drier filters may perform hand sorting at picking table belt general clean up Exception 14 and 15 year old minors may work in office and perform clerical duties In quarries Most occupations including drilling shot firing or assisting in loading or tamping holes face cleaning attaching blocks to chains for cable hoisting assisting operating steam air or electric shovels In the printing and paper industry Around radioactive substances On railroads and railways On rivets Heating and passing rivets except for 16 and 17 year old minors 10 feet or less from ground or on a scaffold equipped with guardrails and board In tanneries Additional Prohibited Occupations for Minors Under 16 Amusement park ride attendant operator or dispatcher Baker and Cook Boiler or engine room worker Chicken catcher Catching and cooping of poultry in preparation for transport or for market Construction worker Hoisting apparatus Industrial homework Lifeguard Public messenger Stzrike or lockouts Prohibited to work in an establishment where a strike or lockout is in progress unless the minor was legally certified to work in an establishment prior to the declaration of a strike or lockout Switchboard operator Tobacco stripper or sorter Transporting Transportation of persons property by rail highway air water pipeline or other means Window cleaner Youth peddling Selling goods and services and promotional activities except at the employer s place of business Minors Under 16 are also Prohibited from Working In establishments where alcoholic beverages are produced sold or dispensed Except for continuing care retirement homes ski resorts bowling alleys golf courses amusement parks and other similar recreational establishments where alcoholic beverages are served as long as the minor is not handling or serving alcohol and not working in an area where alcohol is served or stored Performing Arts students engaged in uncompensated exhibitions may perform at a licensed establishment under proper supervision in accordance with the Liquor Code On coal dredges In freezer or meat coolers On highways In manufacturing Any manufacturing or mechanical process On machinery In pattern making shops In the printing industry For public utilities In any capacity except office work such as filing typing and the cleaning and dusting of an office On scaffolding On trucks railcars and conveyors In tunnels In warehousing and storage Work hour restrictions Minors aged 14 or 15 may maximum work 3 hours on a school day 18 hours in a school week 26 hours if work is performed on Saturday and Sunday 8 hours on a non school day 40 hours in a non school week Minors under 16 must have a written statement by the minor s parent or guardian acknowledging the duties and hours of employment and granting permission to work Minors aged 16 or 17 may maximum work 8 hours on a school day 28 hours in a school week 36 hours if work is performed on Saturday and Sunday 10 hours on a non school day 48 hours in a non school week Child Labor Act 5 b 4 iv 5 k 34 Pa Code 11 1 b 4 v b 4 i b 4 ii 4 a 1 4 a 4 34 Pa Code 11 1 Code 11 32 29 CFR 570 58 Code 11 31 11 35 11 38 Code 11 66 29 CFR 570 68 Code 11 45 Code 11 63 29 CFR 570 67 Code 11 58 Code 11 33 Code 11 46 29 CFR 570 55 Code 11 64 29 CFR 570 33 Code 11 46 29 CFR 570 65 Code 11 51 11 55 Code 11 49 29 CFR 570 59 Code 11 34 11 46 29 CFR 570 59 Code 11 56 Code 11 53 Code 11 59 29 CFR 570 53 Code 11 37 Code 11 62 29 CFR 570 57 Code 47 221 et seq Code 11 52 Code 11 40 Code 11 84 43 P S 491 3 f Code 11 60 29 CFR 570 64 570 54 570 52 570 65 570 62 34 Pa Code 11 47 570 60 570 34 570 63 570 33 h l d h n 1 4 c m g 570 34 c l 570 34 l nbsp Rhode Island Under 16 nbsp Over 16 nbsp Additional working restrictions Under 16 Any manufacturing or mining job Processing occupations such as filleting of fish dressing poultry cracking nuts or laundering Occupations with duties in workplaces where goods are manufactured mined or processed Operating or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power driven machinery other than office machines and machines in retail food service and establishments Occupations in connection with a Transportation of persons or property by rail highway air on water pipeline or other means b Warehousing and Storage c Communications and Public Utilities d Construction including repair Dispensing gasoline or other fuel Docks private or public Parking lot attendants Car washes either hand or machine Occupations in billiard or poolrooms Any work in a tunnel All work using ladders or scaffolds Work in freezers or meat coolers 18 To serve sell or handle alcohol Work hour restrictions Under 16 14 15 may not be employed During school hours Before 6 00 am or after 7 00 pm except during school vacations when work is permitted until 9 00 pm More than eight hours per day More than 40 hours per week Under 18 16 17 may not be employed More than 48 hours per week More than nine hours a day Before 6 am or AFTER 11 30 pm Without an 8 hour respite between the end of a shift on one day and the start of work the next day CHAPTER FIVE CHILDREN ENTERING THE WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF CHILDREN 86 87 91 96 Serving selling and handling alcohol nbsp South Carolina nbsp Additional working restrictions Minors under the age of 14 May generally not work Exceptions Minors under age 14 may work in any aspect of show business such as acting or performing in a theatrical television radio or film production Minors ages 12 and 13 may work during non school sessions in non hazardous farm jobs with written parental consent At any age minors may work in any business or establishment solely owned and operated by the parent of the minor Minors under the age of 16 Minors ages 14 and 15 may work in office clerical and sales jobs They also may work in a number of jobs in retail food service and gasoline service establishments such as Cashiering price marking and tagging by hand or machine Assembling orders packing and shelving Bagging and carrying out orders Serving foods and beverages Cleanup work Car washing and polishing Operating gas pumps and performing other courtesy services Cleaning vegetables and fruits and wrapping sealing labeling weighing pricing and stocking goods Delivery and errand work by foot bicycle or public transportation Minors under the age of 18 May work unrestricted exceptions Manufacturing or storing explosives Driving a motor vehicle and being an outside helper Coal mining Logging and sawmilling Power driven woodworking machines Exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations Power driven hoisting apparatus Power driven metal forming punching and shearing machines Mining other than coal mining Meat packing or processing Power driven bakery machines Power driven paper products machines Manufacturing brick tile and related products Power driven circular saws band saws and guillotine shears Wrecking demolition and ship breaking operations Roofing operations Excavation operations Selling serving or waitressing alcohol In order to work as a bartender in any facility that sells open containers of alcohol a person must be at least twenty one years of age In order to work as a server waiter or waitress and serve open containers of alcohol a person must be at least eighteen years of age In order to work in any capacity in a retail liquor store wholesale liquor business or a distillery a person must be at least twenty one years of age Work hour restrictions Under 16 Minors ages 14 and 15 may not work During school hours Before 7 a m or after 7 p m 9 p m during the period of summer break of the school district in which the minor resides More than 18 hours during school weeks More than 3 hours on school days More than 40 hours in non school weeks More than 8 hours on non school days Under 18 Minors ages 16 and 17 Unrestricted South Carolina Child Labor Statute 41 13 20 17 Hazardous Occupations Orders of the Fair Labor Standards Act S C Code Ann Sections 20 7 370 61 5 20 6 61 13 340 nbsp South Dakota nbsp Additional working restrictions Under 14 Minors under the age of 14 may only work in or as Child actors Jobs pumping gas or detasselling hybrid seed corn Employment by parents Employment necessary for the child s support or employment using agricultural equipment Under 16 Minors aged 14 or 15 may not work under following conditions In any occupation dangerous to life health or morals Under 18 Minors aged 16 or 17 Unrestricted Federal laws create requirements that are more stringent in many cases Selling serving or waitressing alcohol The age differs by license Off License Malt Beverage License Off Sale Malt Beverage License under 50 malt beverage sales In order to sell beer in a grocery store a person must be at least eighteen years of age Off Sale Malt Beverage License over 50 malt beverage sales In order to sell stock or handle sealed beer in a grocery store a person must be at least twenty one years of age If the sale of alcoholic beverages constitutes more than fifty percent of the gross business transacted by the establishment On Off Sale Malt Beverage License On Off Sale Malt Beverage License 50 Alcohol Sales The sale of malt beverages constitutes less than fifty percent of the gross business transacted by that establishment an employee who is 18 years of age or older may sell serve or dispense malt beverages as long as the licensee or an employee who is at least 21 years of age is on the premise No one under the age of 21 may tend bar or draw or mix alcoholic beverages On Off Sale Malt Beverage License over 50 Alcohol Sales If the gross business from the sale of malt beverages is over 50 an employee selling the malt beverages must be at least 21 years of age On Sale Liquor License On Sale Liquor License under 50 Alcohol Sales If less than 50 of the gross business is from the sale of alcohol an employee age 18 or older may sell serve or dispense alcoholic beverages as long as the licensee or an employee over the age of 21 is on the premise No one under the age of 21 may tend bar or draw or mix alcoholic beverages On Sale Liquor License over 50 Alcohol Sales If the gross business from the sale of alcohol is over 50 an employee selling the alcohol must be at least 21 years of age Package Liquor License Package Liquor License under 50 Alcohol Sales If less than 50 of the gross business is from the sale of alcohol an employee age 18 or older may sell alcoholic beverages Package Liquor License over 50 Alcohol Sales Sales of alcoholic beverages may only be made by a person who is at least 21 years of age On Off Sale Wine License On Off Sale Wine License under 50 Alcohol Sales If less than 50 of the gross business is from the sale of wine an employee age 18 or older may sell serve or dispense the wine as long as the licensee or an employee over the age of 21 is on the premise No one under the age of 21 may tend bar or draw or mix alcoholic beverages On Off Sale Wine License over 50 Alcohol Sales If gross business from the sale of wine is over 50 an employee selling the wine must be at least 21 years of age Work hour restrictions Under 14 Minors under the age of 14 may not work During school hours Later than 7 p m Under 14 Minors under the age of 16 may not work For more than four hours per school day or 20 hours per school week For more than eight hours per non school day or 40 hours per non school week Later than 10 p m on a school night Under 18 Minors aged 16 or 17 Unrestricted Federal laws create requirements that are more stringent in many cases South Dakota Code Child Labor 60 12 subsections 1 14 South Dakota Codes Title 35 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Chapter 04 Sale Of Beverages 35 4 79 1 35 4 79 35 4 79 3 35 4 79State laws Tennessee Wyoming Puerto RicoFederal state Permission needed Legal Working Age Legislation nbsp Tennessee Under 18 nbsp Over 18 nbsp Additional working restrictions None see federal laws Work hour restrictions Under 16 Minors aged 14 or 15 may not work During school hours Between 7 00 p m and 7 00 a m if the next day is a school day Between 9 00 p m and 6 00 a m More than 18 hours a week during a school week More than 8 hours a day on non school days or More than 40 hours a week during non school weeks Under 18 Minors aged 16 and 17 may not work During those hours when the minor is required to attend classes Between the hours of 10 00 p m and 6 00 a m Sunday through Thursday evenings preceding a school day except with parental or guardian consent Then the minor may work until midnight no more than three nights Sunday through Thursday Forms shall remain valid until the end of the school year in which it is submitted or until termination of employment whichever shall occur first Tennessee Child Labor Act Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Act nbsp Texas nbsp Utah nbsp Vermont nbsp Virginia nbsp Washington nbsp West Virginia nbsp Wisconsin nbsp Wyoming nbsp Puerto RicoAsia editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2012 Country Legal Working Age nbsp China 16 By default nbsp India 14 Restricted working hours and the type of work21 Unrestricted 40 nbsp Iran 15 Minimum employment age 18 Hard Work 21 Unrestricted 41 nbsp Israel 14 Minimum employment age 15 Restricted working hours and the type of work18 Unrestricted 42 nbsp Japan Male 15 Restricted occupations and hours of activity18 Unrestricted Female 15 With broad restrictions for working hours and the type of work18 May only participate in underground work if engaged in work specified by ordinance performed underground20 Unrestricted 43 Chapter 6 Articles 56 62 nbsp South Korea Male 15 Restricted working hours19 Unrestricted Female 15 Restricted working hours and the type of work 18 Some limitations for work in overtly unhealthy conditions 19 Unrestricted 44 Articles 64 and 70 72 of the labour law implement the minimum age nbsp Malaysia 14 Easy Work 16 Unrestricted 45 nbsp North Korea 16 By default 46 nbsp Indonesia 13 Minimum Employment age 15 Restricted working hours and the type of work 18 Unrestricted 47 nbsp Philippines 15 Restricted working hours and the type of work 18 Unrestricted 48 nbsp Singapore 13 Generally a child must be at least 13 years of age before they can start working The minimum legal age for working in Singapore is governed by the Employment Act and the Employment Children and Young Persons Regulations and is enforced by the Ministry of Manpower 15 Young persons above 15 may work in an industrial environment However the employer must inform the Commissioner of Labour within 30 days of their employment and submit a medical certificate certifying their fitness for work 16 Generally speaking a person who is above the age of 16 is not a child or a young person and is considered an adult worker Unrestricted 49 nbsp Taiwan 15 A worker aged fifteen years old shall be considered as a child worker 16 No child worker and no worker aged sixteen or seventeen years old shall be permitted to do work that is potentially dangerous or hazardous in nature 18 Unrestricted 50 nbsp Vietnam 15 By default nbsp Thailand 15 with registration to Labour Inspection Officer until 18 51 nbsp Turkey 13 Part time employment restricted to easy work 15 Unrestricted 52 nbsp United Arab Emirates 15 with some restrictions 18 unrestricted nbsp Yemen 14 Light work with restricted hours 15 Industrial work 18 Unrestricted Europe editCountry Legal Working Age nbsp Albania 14 Easy work performed at school holidays 16 Unrestricted 53 nbsp Andorra 14 Easy work performed at school holidays Maximum 6 hours per day with minimum 1 hours break Minimum 2 following days of rest per week 16 Maximum 8 hours per day with minimum 1 hours break Minimum 2 following days of rest per week 18 Unrestricted 54 nbsp Armenia 16 Unrestricted No person under the age of 16 is allowed to work in Armenia 55 nbsp Austria 14 With many restrictions within a family setting 15 With minor restrictions assuming compulsory school years have been finished 18 Unrestricted 56 nbsp Belarus 14 Easy work with the permission from parents or legal guardians 16 Limited working hours up to 35 hours per week 18 Unrestricted nbsp Belgium 15 Must have completed 2 years of secondary education restricted to light work 16 only light work 18 Unrestricted nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 15 Restricted to light work Restricted working hours 18 Unrestricted 57 nbsp Bulgaria 13 Only for jobs as film actor or model Strictly regulated 15 Strictly regulated 16 Minimum working age Some occupations prohibited 18 Unrestricted 58 nbsp Croatia 15 Restricted by the Labour laws 18 Unrestricted 59 nbsp Cyprus 15 Restricted by the Labour laws 18 Unrestricted nbsp Czech Republic 14 Only under special circumstances 15 Restricted occupations and working hours 18 Unrestricted 60 nbsp Denmark None Only for activities in the cultural or artistic field However a police authorization must be obtained for these activities in advance 13 Children 13 15 years of age may only perform light work that is not in the vicinity of machinery The working time may be on school days and up to 2 hours on other days up to 7 hours In school free weeks the maximum working time must not exceed 35 hours per week 15 Young people up to 18 years may not work in the following areas with dangerous tools and equipment within hazardous work processes The working time may not be between 18 00 und 6 00 on weekdays between 14 00 and 6 00 on holidays or Sundays The maximum weekly working time must not exceed 40 hours 18 Unrestricted 61 nbsp Estonia 13 A Person aged 13 may work under restrictions and parental permission 15 Minimum Employment age Minors under the age of 18 are restricted with working hours and certain occupations 18 Unrestricted 62 nbsp Finland 14 Someone aged 14 may practise light work 15 Minimum Employment age Minors under the age of 18 are restricted with working hours and certain occupations 18 Unrestricted 63 nbsp France 14 only for light work regulated by Code du travail No working at night Strict time limitation Parental permission is needed 16 No working at night Strict time limitation Parental permission is needed 18 Unrestricted 64 nbsp Germany 13 with parental permission and only easy work for example paper round 15 Part time work with less than 8 hours per day and maximum 40 hours per week No work on weekends statutory holidays and at night time or in an imperiling environment Further restrictions for work break and minimum vacation days 18 Unrestricted 65 nbsp Hungary 16 The Hungarian Labour Code allows for the employment of people over 16 years old Young workers apply a two year period of protection at the time of their working time must not exceed 8 hours per day and forty hours per week If you work a minimum of 4 5 hrs They are entitled to 30 minutes break nor can they be employed on a night shift 18 Unrestricted 66 nbsp Iceland 13 Only safe and easy work Subject to restrictions on working time related to mandatory schooling 67 16 Employers have a duty to protect young workers from working in difficult and dangerous conditions in some sectors also apply to restrictions on working time 18 Unrestricted 68 nbsp Ireland 14 People aged under 16 years are not allowed to work full time full time The work of persons between the ages of 14 and 15 years must be obliged to comply with conditions perform light work during the holidays a person must necessarily have then at least 21 days off work work as part of the approved apprenticeship or training program work in the film when cultural undertakings in advertising or in connection with sporting events 16 People aged 16 and 17 years old can only work the hours between 6 00 and 22 00 18 Unrestricted 69 nbsp Italy 15 Restricted working hours and the type of work 18 Unrestricted 70 nbsp Latvia 15 People between 15 and 18 years of age may work no more than 7 hours a day and 35 hours per week including time learning if they learn There must they stay at work after hours or work at night It is also prohibited to employ minors under conditions which may threaten their health safety and morals Workers under 18 years of age are entitled to a month s leave in their case does not apply or trial periods 18 Unrestricted 71 nbsp Liechtenstein 14 For light it is possible to hire 14 year olds but not longer than 9 hours per week during the school year and 15 hours a week during the holidays 15 People aged over 15 but under 18 may work no more than 40 hours per week 18 Unrestricted 72 nbsp Lithuania 14 Under certain conditions it is also possible to employ people aged over 14 years old but under 16 years of age They have the right to perform easy work during the school year for no more than two hours during the day and 12 hours a week during the holidays 7 hours a day and 35 hours per week 16 Persons who have completed 16 years but has not reached the age of majority has no right to work more than 8 hours per day and 36 hours per week 18 Unrestricted 73 nbsp Luxembourg 16 nbsp Malta 16 Until they reach adulthood under the special protection of the law are entitled to work up to 8 hours per day and 40 per week included in is also a time of learning and training Young worker has no right to do the work between the hours of 22 and 6 am 18 Unrestricted 74 nbsp Netherlands 13 The minimum age of employment under the supervision and with no guarantee of a minimum wage 15 The right to the minimum wage 16 Persons over 16 years but less than 18 years has most of the rights and obligations as workers age However you will not be able to work in harmful conditions including noise cramped quarters and with toxic substances 18 Unrestricted 75 nbsp Norway 13 People aged over 13 but under 15 years of age may be employed only for light work that does not endanger the health development and does not interfere with learning 15 Restricted working hours and the type of work 76 18 Unrestricted 77 nbsp Poland None Cultural and artistic field 15 Light work only 18 Unrestricted 78 nbsp Portugal 16 Restricted working hours and the type of work 18 Unrestricted 79 nbsp Romania 15 Restricted 16 Unrestricted 80 nbsp Russia None Artistic field only Must have parental permission Restricted working hours and shortened working week must not interfere with school education or violate public morality 14 Light work only Must have parental permission Restricted working hours and shortened working week must not interfere with school education 16 Light work only Full school education required Restricted working hours 18 Unrestricted nbsp Serbia 16 By default nbsp Spain None Artistic activities with parental permission and a specific authorization of the labor department 16 Parental permission is required 18 Unrestricted nbsp Sweden None Only artistic field and some light risk free jobs Must have parent permission Restricted working hours and shortened working week 13 Light work only Must have parent permission Restricted working hours and shortened working week 16 Light work only Restricted working hours 18 Unrestricted 81 nbsp Switzerland Age 13 Must have parental permission only easy work During school weeks Maximum 4 hours per day and 9 hours per week During non school weeks Maximum 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week Age 15 Must have parental permission Maximum 9 hours per day and 45 50 hours per week Working maximum until 8 p m Age 16 Minimum age to serve someone in restaurants cafe or hotels Minimum age to work in a circus or cinema Working maximum until 10 p m Age 18 Unrestricted and the minimum age to work in Bars Discos Dancinghalls and Nightclubs 82 nbsp United Kingdom None Artistic fields such as television theatre and modelling Age 13 part time 83 Age 16 Full time Needs to be paid through PAYE Age 18 Unrestricted 84 Oceania editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2013 Country Legal Working Age Further notes nbsp Australia Varies by state and territory 13 Queensland amp Victoria 11 when delivering newspapers none for entertainment industries 15 Western Australia most jobs variations and restrictions apply for family businesses entertainers models and newspaper delivery 85 No minimum working age New South Wales South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital Territory 86 nbsp New Zealand 14 Babysitting 87 15 Limited vehicle work and hazardous workplaces logging construction heavy lifting dangerous goods 87 16 Unrestricted working hours between 10pm and 6am and during school hours 87 18 Full Time Work 87 18 Work in Restricted Areas except gambling work 87 88 20 Unrestricted 87 89 There is no minimum age of work in New Zealand 88 but has multiple minimum ages of work for jobs with higher risk 88 nbsp Papua New GuineaSee also editChild labour Critique of work Index of youth rights related articles Minimum Age Convention 1973 School leaving age Youth Youth suffrage Youth rights Age of candidacyReferences edit For Employers Children at Work in Kenya Child Labour and Labour Laws in Kenya Child Labour and Employers in Kenya Children 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