Work Permits

• Minors who have high school diplomas or passed the state proficiency examination
• Employment type:
  • Private homes doing occasional odd jobs
  • Sale or delivery of newspaper, if self-employed
  • Self-employment
  • Agricultural or domestic work on property owned, operated, or controlled by minor's parents

• • Be renewed at the start of each new school year or when the student obtains a new job.
  • Be kept on file at the minor's work site.

HOURS MINORS ARE ALLOWED TO WORK

• 4 hours maximum per day Monday-Thursday.
• 8 hours maximum per day Friday-Sunday.
• 32 total hours per week
• 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• 5 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. if no school next day

• 8 hours maximum per day
• 48 total hours per week
• 5 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. any day of the week

• 8 hours maximum per day
• 48 total hours per week
• 5 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. any day of the week

• 3 hours maximum per day Mon.-Fri.
• 8 hours maximum per day Sat.-Sun.
• 18 total hours per week
• 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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

• In most cases, a minor must be paid the minimum wage.
• If an employee works a split shift, he/she must be paid one extra hour at the minimum wage.
• If an employee reports to work but is not given work and is sent home, the employee is owed a minimum of 2 hours of pay.
• If an employee is asked not to clock in, the employee is free to leave and cannot be required to wait without being paid as he/she is under the direction and control of the employer.

PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT

• Motor vehicle driving on public roads (This does not prohibit a minor from driving on private property e.g. auto dealer lot)
• Power-driven woodworking machines
• Exposure to radioactive substances
• Power-driven hoisting apparatus (Includes automobile hoist, lift truck, fork lift, elevator, crane, derrick, bobcat, etc.)
• Power-driven metal-forming, punching, & shearing machines (Includes rolling machines, pressing or punching machines, bending machines, etc.)
• Power-driven bakery machines (Includes dough mixer, batter mixer, bread divider, molding machine, bread slicing and wrapping, cookie or cracker machine.)
• Power-driven paper-products machines (Includes paper bailers, box crushers, etc.)
• Power-driven circular saws, band saws, & guillotine shears
• Roofing operations
• Excavation operations
• For a complete list, contact the Federal Wage & Hour Office at (619) 557-5110

• Selling or serving alcoholic beverages
• Building or construction work of any kind
• Delivering goods from motor vehicles
• In the vicinity of moving machinery
• Hazardous occupations
• Operating an auto or truck
• In the vicinity of explosives

• In or about a gasoline service station except as cashiers, clerical workers, or merchandise labelers.
• Public messenger service.
• In or about dangerous equipment & power driven machinery, aircraft, or vessels.
• Selling to passing motorists: newspapers, candy, flowers, or other merchandise or commodities.
• Selling door-to-door unless the following conditions are met:

1. Minors work in pairs as team;
2. One adult supervisor for ten or fewer minors;
3. Within sight or sound of supervisor once every 15 minutes;
4. Returned to home or rendezvous point daily;
5. Employer has complied with IWC registration requirements.

SUMMER PERMITS

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