Employers can use this free Child Labor Law Checker to determine the likelihood that a penalty could be charged if ever audited by the Department of Labor. This will only account for the Federal Child Labor Law stipulations; not state specific rules. *WARNING* You should always consult with an attorney or the Department of Labor if you should have any questions about the Child Labor Laws for Federal and State.* By pressing the below button to continue to Step 1, you are agreeing to Workforce 2080 LLC's terms of service and usage policy.
**Updated 4/12/2023 @ 11:16 PM CDT**
Child Labor Law Checker
This Child Labor Law Checker will use the following questions you answer to determine the likelihood that a penalty for compliance will come up if you are ever audited. This decision is not final and is something the User must make on their own as well as consult counsel and the Department of Labor. You are strongly encouraged to review your individual states child labor laws to determine compliance as this Checker is only accounting for Federal Child Labor Laws.
Workforce 2080 LLC used the Department of Labor's Child Labor rules website to create this free checker. If you would like to visit this website, you can get there byCLICKING HERE.
Workforce 2080 LLC used the Department of Labor's Civil Money Penalty Assessment Amounts by Violation for Non-Agriculture which can be found by CLICKING HERE.
FLSA Enterprise Coverage
Does your organization engage in interstate commerce, produce goods for interstate commerce, or handle, sell, or otherwise work with goods or materials that have been moved in or produced for such commerce? *According to Cornell Law School; Interstate Commerce is defined as:Transacting or transportation of products, services, or money across state borders.
Does your business have annual gross volume of sales made or business done of $500,000 or more?
Is your business engaged in the operation of a hospital, an institution that is primarily engaged in the care of those who are physically engaged in the care of those who are physically or mentally ill or disabled or aged, and who reside on the premises, a school for children who are mentally or physically disabled or gifted, a preschool, an elementary or secondary school, or an institution of higher education (whether operated for profit or not for profit)?
Individual Coverage
Do your employes work in communications or transportation; regularly use the telephone, computer e-mail, facsimile (fax) machine, mail with persons in another state; make deposits in banks; use an electronic device which authorizes a credit card purchase; keep redords of interstate transactions; handle, ship, or receive goods moving in interstate commerce; regularly cross state lines in the course of employment; or work for independent employers who contract to do clerical, custodial, maintenance, or other work for firms engaged in interstate commerce or the production of goods for interstate commerce?
Minor Employees Age Selector
How old is the minor who is working for you as of today?
Children under the age of 14 have limits to the kinds of jobs they can do. Employees under the age of 14 are only allowed to do the following jobs:
Deliver newspapers to customers.
Babysit on a casual basis.
Work as an actor or performer in movies, TV, radio, or theater.
Work as a homeworker gathering evergreens and making evergreen wreaths.
Work for a business owned entirely by their parents as long as they are not employed in mining, manufacturing, or any other of the hazardous occupations defined HERE.
Is this employee under 14 working in any of the above approved jobs? *By answering NO, you are stating the employee is doing an unapproved job subject to penalty.*
Children under the age of 14 have limits to the kinds of jobs they can do. Employees under the age of 14 are only allowed to do the following jobs:
Deliver newspapers to customers.
Babysit on a casual basis.
Work as an actor or performer in movies, TV, radio, or theater.
Work as a homeworker gathering evergreens and making evergreen wreaths.
Work for a business owned entirely by their parents as long as they are not employed in mining, manufacturing, or any other of the hazardous occupations defined HERE.
Is this employee under 14 working in any of the above approved jobs? *By answering NO, you are stating the employee is doing an unapproved job subject to penalty.*
Children under the age of 14 have limits to the kinds of jobs they can do. Employees under the age of 14 are only allowed to do the following jobs:
Deliver newspapers to customers.
Babysit on a casual basis.
Work as an actor or performer in movies, TV, radio, or theater.
Work as a homeworker gathering evergreens and making evergreen wreaths.
Work for a business owned entirely by their parents as long as they are not employed in mining, manufacturing, or any other of the hazardous occupations defined HERE.
Is this employee under 14 working in any of the above approved jobs? *By answering NO, you are stating the employee is doing an unapproved job subject to penalty.*
Minors who are 14 Years of Age (Under 15)
The following are approved jobs the minor can do; however, employees who are 14 years old can work outside of school hours in a variety of non-manufacturing and non-hazardous jobs for limited periods of times under specified conditions:
Office and Clerical Work,including operation of office machines.
Work of an intellectual or artistically creative nature such as (but not limited to): Computer Programming, Writing of Software, Teaching or performing as a tutor, serving as a peer counselor or teacher's assistant, singing, the playing of a musical instrument, and drawing.
Cooking with electric or gas grills that do not involve cooking over an open flame and with deep fat fryers that are equipped with and utlilize devices that automatically lower and raise the baskets into and out of the oil or grease. This does *not* permit cooking with equipment such as rotisseries, broilers, pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as "neico broilers."
Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising departments, window trimming and comparative shopping.
Price marking and tagging by han or by machine.Assembling orders, packing and shelving.
Bagging and carrying out customer orders.
Errand and Delivery work by foot, bicycle, and public transportation. Except such youth may not be employed by a public messenger service.
Cleanup work, including use of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers, and the maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of power-driven mowers, cutters, trimmers, edgers, or similar equipment.
Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including operating machines and devices used in performing such work. Examples of permitted machines and devices include but are not limited to: Dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers, milk shake blenders, coffee grinders, automatic coffee machines, devices used to maintain the temperature of prepared foods (such as warmers, steam tables, and heat lamps), and microwave ovensthat are used only to warm prepared foods and do not have the capacity to warm above 140 degrees farenheit.
Cleaning kitchen equipment. Minors are permitted to clean kitchen equipment, remove oil or grease filters, pour oil or grease through filters, and move receptacles containing hot grease or hot oil, but only when the equipment, surfaces, containers and liquids do not exceed a temperature of 100 degrees farenheit
Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and the wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking of items, including vegetatbles, fruits, and meats, when performed in areas physically separate from a freezer or meat cooler.
Loading onto motor vehicles and unloading from motor vehicles of the light, non-power-driven, hand tools and personal protective equipment that the minor will use as part of his orheremployment atthe work site; and the loading onto motor vehicles and the unloading from motor vehicles of personal items such as a back pack, a lunch box, or a coat that the minor is permitted to take to the work site. Such light tools would include, but not limited to, rakes, hand-held clippers, shovels, and brooms. Such light tools would not include items like trash, sales kits, promotion items or items for sale, lawn mowers, or other power-driven lawn maintenance equipment. Such minors would not be permitted to load or unload safety equipment such as barriers, cones, or signage.
Employment of certain youth under specified conditions inside and outside of establishments where machinery is used to process wood products.
Employment of certain youth under specified conditions inside and outside of establishments where machinery is used to process wood products.
Work in connection with cars and trucks if confined to the following: Dispending gasoline and oil, courtesy services on premises of gasoline service station, car cleaning, washing, polishing by hand.May not work in Pits, racks or lifting apparatus or involving the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring.
Work in connection with riding inside passenger compartments of motor vehicles.Each minor riding as a passenger in a motor vehicle must have his or her own seat in the passenger compartment; each seat must be equipped with a seat belt or similar restraining device; and the employer must instruct the minors that such belts or other devices must be used. Each driver transporting the young workers must holda valid state driver'slicense forthe type of vehicle being driven and, if the driver is under the age of 18, his or her employment must comply wth the provisions of hazardous occupations.
14-year-old participants are allowed to work inapproved school-supervised and school-administered Work Experience and Career Exploration Programs (WECEP): during school hours, for as many as 3 hours on a school day (including Friday's), for as many as 23 hours in a school week, in occupations otherwise prohibited but only after being granted by the Administrator ofthe Wage and Hour Division.
14-year-old students participating in a Department of Labor approved school-supervised and school administered Work-Study Program. Participating students must be enrolled in a college preparatory curriculum and identified by authoritative personnel of the school as being able to benefit from the Work-Study Program. Students working in an authorized WSP can not work more than 18 hours in any one week when school is in session, a portion which is during school hours, in accordance with the formula that is based upon continuous four-week cycle. In three of the four weeks, the participant is permitted to work during school hours on the only one day per week, and for no more than eight hours on that day. During the remaining week of the four-week cycle, such minor is permitted to work during school hours on no more than two days, and for no more than for eight hours on each of those two days. The employment of such minors would still be subject to the remaining time of day and number of hours standards.
To see a more exhaustive list (not complete listing) of approved and unapproved jobs, please CLICK HERE to view pages 6-7
Is this 14 year old employee working in any of the above approved jobs? *By answering NO, you are stating the employee is doing an unapproved job subject to penalty.*
Minors who are 15 Years of Age (Under 16)
The following are approved jobs the minor can do; however, employees who are 15 years old can work outside of school hours in a variety of non-manufacturing and non-hazardous jobs for limited periods of times under specified conditions:
Office and Clerical Work,including operation of office machines.
Work of an intellectual or artistically creative nature such as (but not limited to): Computer Programming, Writing of Software, Teaching or performing as a tutor, serving as a peer counselor or teacher's assistant, singing, the playing of a musical instrument, and drawing.
Cooking with electric or gas grills, cooking over an open flame and with deep fat fryers,rotisseries, broilers, pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as "neico broilers."
Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising departments, window trimming and comparative shopping.
Price marking and tagging by han or by machine.Assembling orders, packing and shelving.
Bagging and carrying out customer orders.
Errand and Delivery work by foot, bicycle, and public transportation. Except such youth may not be employed by a public messenger service.
Cleanup work, including use of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers, and the maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of power-driven mowers, cutters, trimmers, edgers, or similar equipment.
Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including operating machines and devices used in performing such work. Examples of permitted machines and devices include but are not limited to: Dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers, milk shake blenders, coffee grinders, automatic coffee machines, devices used to maintain the temperature of prepared foods (such as warmers, steam tables, and heat lamps), and microwave ovensthat are used only to warm prepared foods and do not have the capacity to warm above 140 degrees farenheit.
Cleaning kitchen equipment. Minors are permitted to clean kitchen equipment, remove oil or grease filters, pour oil or grease through filters, and move receptacles containing hot grease or hot oil, but only when the equipment, surfaces, containers and liquids do not exceed a temperature of 100 degrees farenheit
Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and the wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking of items, including vegetatbles, fruits, and meats, when performed in areas physically separate from a freezer or meat cooler.
Loading onto motor vehicles and unloading from motor vehicles of the light, non-power-driven, hand tools and personal protective equipment that the minor will use as part of his orheremployment atthe work site; and the loading onto motor vehicles and the unloading from motor vehicles of personal items such as a back pack, a lunch box, or a coat that the minor is permitted to take to the work site. Such light tools would include, but not limited to, rakes, hand-held clippers, shovels, and brooms. Such light tools would not include items like trash, sales kits, promotion items or items for sale, lawn mowers, or other power-driven lawn maintenance equipment. Such minors would not be permitted to load or unload safety equipment such as barriers, cones, or signage.
The occupation of Lifeguard (15-year-olds but not 14-year-olds) at traditional swimming pools and water amusement parks (including such water park faculties as wave pools, lazy rivers, specialized activity areas,and baby pools, but not including the elevated areas of water slides) when properly trained and certified in aquatics and water safety by the American Red Cross or a similar certifying organization. No youth under 16 years of age may be employed as a lifeguard at a natural environment such as an ocean side beach, lake, pond, river, quarry, or pier.
Employment of certain youth under specified conditions inside and outside of establishments where machinery is used to process wood products.
Work in connection with cars and trucks if confined to the following: Dispending gasoline and oil, courtesy services on premises of gasoline service station, car cleaning, washing, polishing by hand.May not work in Pits, racks or lifting apparatus or involving the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring.
Work in connection with riding inside passenger compartments of motor vehicles.Each minor riding as a passenger in a motor vehicle must have his or her own seat in the passenger compartment; each seat must be equipped with a seat belt or similar restraining device; and the employer must instruct the minors that such belts or other devices must be used. Each driver transporting the young workers must holda valid state driver'slicense forthe type of vehicle being driven and, if the driver is under the age of 18, his or her employment must comply wth the provisions of hazardous occupations.
15-year-old participants are allowed to work inapproved school-supervised and school-administered Work Experience and Career Exploration Programs (WECEP): during school hours, for as many as 3 hours on a school day (including Friday's), for as many as 23 hours in a school week, in occupations otherwise prohibited but only after being granted by the Administrator ofthe Wage and Hour Division.
15-year-old students participating in a Department of Labor approved school-supervised and school administered Work-Study Program. Participating students must be enrolled in a college preparatory curriculum and identified by authoritative personnel of the school as being able to benefit from the Work-Study Program. Students working in an authorized WSP can not work more than 18 hours in any one week when school is in session, a portion which is during school hours, in accordance with the formula that is based upon continuous four-week cycle. In three of the four weeks, the participant is permitted to work during school hours on the only one day per week, and for no more than eight hours on that day. During the remaining week of the four-week cycle, such minor is permitted to work during school hours on no more than two days, and for no more than for eight hours on each of those two days. The employment of such minors would still be subject to the remaining time of day and number of hours standards.
To see a more exhaustive list (not complete listing) of approved and unapproved jobs, please CLICK HERE to view pages 6-7
Is this 15 year old employee working in any of the above approved jobs? *By answering NO, you are stating the employee is doing an unapproved job subject to penalty.*
Does this minor employee work during school hours when school is in session? *By pressing no, this employee is either in a Work Experience and Career Exploration Program or Work-Study Program; or, the employee does not work during school hours.*
Does this minor employee work BEFORE 7 A.M. or AFTER 7 P.M. except from June 1st through Labor Day when the eveing hour is extended to 9 P.M. (time is based on the local standards; i.e., whether the locality has adopted daylight savings time)?
Does this minor work for more than three (3) hours a day on a school day, including Fridays?
Does this minor work more than eight (8) hours a day on a non-school day (Saturdays, Sundays, and School Holidays)?
Does this minor work more than eighteen (18) hours a week during the school week (when school is in session)?
Does this minor work more than forty (40) hours a week during non-school weeks (Summer Break or weeks school is not in session at all for any weekday)?
Minors who are 16 Years of Age (Under 17)
The following are approved jobs the minor can do; however, employees who are 16 years old can work outside of school hours in a variety of non-manufacturing and non-hazardous jobs for limited periods of times under specified conditions:
Office and Clerical Work,including operation of office machines.
Work of an intellectual or artistically creative nature such as (but not limited to): Computer Programming, Writing of Software, Teaching or performing as a tutor, serving as a peer counselor or teacher's assistant, singing, the playing of a musical instrument, and drawing.
Cooking with electric or gas grills, cooking over an open flame and with deep fat fryers,rotisseries, broilers, pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as "neico broilers."
Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising departments, window trimming and comparative shopping.
Price marking and tagging by han or by machine.Assembling orders, packing and shelving.
Bagging and carrying out customer orders.
Errand and Delivery work by foot, bicycle, and public transportation. Except such youth may not be employed by a public messenger service.
Cleanup work, including use of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers, and the maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of power-driven mowers, cutters, trimmers, edgers, or similar equipment.
Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including operating machines and devices used in performing such work. Examples of permitted machines and devices include but are not limited to: Dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers, milk shake blenders, coffee grinders, automatic coffee machines, devices used to maintain the temperature of prepared foods (such as warmers, steam tables, and heat lamps), and microwave ovensthat are used only to warm prepared foods and do not have the capacity to warm above 140 degrees farenheit.
Cleaning kitchen equipment. Minors are permitted to clean kitchen equipment, remove oil or grease filters, pour oil or grease through filters, and move receptacles containing hot grease or hot oil, but only when the equipment, surfaces, containers and liquids do not exceed a temperature of 100 degrees farenheit
Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and the wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking of items, including vegetatbles, fruits, and meats, when performed in areas physically separate from a freezer or meat cooler.
Loading onto motor vehicles and unloading from motor vehicles of the light, non-power-driven, hand tools and personal protective equipment that the minor will use as part of his orheremployment atthe work site; and the loading onto motor vehicles and the unloading from motor vehicles of personal items such as a back pack, a lunch box, or a coat that the minor is permitted to take to the work site. Such light tools would include, but not limited to, rakes, hand-held clippers, shovels, and brooms. Such light tools would not include items like trash, sales kits, promotion items or items for sale, lawn mowers, or other power-driven lawn maintenance equipment. Such minors would not be permitted to load or unload safety equipment such as barriers, cones, or signage.
The occupation of Lifeguard (15-year-olds but not 14-year-olds) at traditional swimming pools and water amusement parks (including such water park faculties as wave pools, lazy rivers, specialized activity areas,and baby pools, but not including the elevated areas of water slides) when properly trained and certified in aquatics and water safety by the American Red Cross or a similar certifying organization. Minors 16 years of age may be employed as a lifeguard at a natural environment such as an ocean side beach, lake, pond, river, quarry, or pier.
Employment of certain youth under specified conditions inside and outside of establishments where machinery is used to process wood products.
Work in connection with cars and trucks if confined to the following: Dispending gasoline and oil, courtesy services on premises of gasoline service station, car cleaning, washing, polishing by hand.May not work in Pits, racks or lifting apparatus or involving the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring.
Work in connection with riding inside passenger compartments of motor vehicles.Each minor riding as a passenger in a motor vehicle must have his or her own seat in the passenger compartment; each seat must be equipped with a seat belt or similar restraining device; and the employer must instruct the minors that such belts or other devices must be used. Each driver transporting the young workers must holda valid state driver'slicense forthe type of vehicle being driven and, if the driver is under the age of 18, his or her employment must comply wth the provisions of hazardous occupations.
16-year-old participants are allowed to work inapproved school-supervised and school-administered Work Experience and Career Exploration Programs (WECEP): during school hours, for as many as 3 hours on a school day (including Friday's), for as many as 23 hours in a school week, in occupations otherwise prohibited but only after being granted by the Administrator ofthe Wage and Hour Division.
16-year-old students participating in a Department of Labor approved school-supervised and school administered Work-Study Program. Participating students must be enrolled in a college preparatory curriculum and identified by authoritative personnel of the school as being able to benefit from the Work-Study Program. Students working in an authorized WSP can not work more than 18 hours in any one week when school is in session, a portion which is during school hours, in accordance with the formula that is based upon continuous four-week cycle. In three of the four weeks, the participant is permitted to work during school hours on the only one day per week, and for no more than eight hours on that day. During the remaining week of the four-week cycle, such minor is permitted to work during school hours on no more than two days, and for no more than for eight hours on each of those two days. The employment of such minors would still be subject to the remaining time of day and number of hours standards.
To see a more exhaustive list (not complete listing) of approved and unapproved jobs, please CLICK HERE to view pages 6-7
Is this 16 year old employee working in any of the above approved jobs? *By answering NO, you are stating the employee is doing an unapproved job subject to penalty.*
Minors who are 17 Years of Age (Under 18)
The following are approved jobs the minor can do; however, employees who are 16 years old can work outside of school hours in a variety of non-manufacturing and non-hazardous jobs for limited periods of times under specified conditions:
Office and Clerical Work,including operation of office machines.
Work of an intellectual or artistically creative nature such as (but not limited to): Computer Programming, Writing of Software, Teaching or performing as a tutor, serving as a peer counselor or teacher's assistant, singing, the playing of a musical instrument, and drawing.
Cooking with electric or gas grills, cooking over an open flame and with deep fat fryers,rotisseries, broilers, pressurized equipment including fryolators, and cooking devices that operate at extremely high temperatures such as "neico broilers."
Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising departments, window trimming and comparative shopping.
Price marking and tagging by han or by machine.Assembling orders, packing and shelving.
Bagging and carrying out customer orders.
Errand and Delivery work by foot, bicycle, and public transportation. Except such youth may not be employed by a public messenger service.
Cleanup work, including use of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers, and the maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of power-driven mowers, cutters, trimmers, edgers, or similar equipment.
Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including operating machines and devices used in performing such work. Examples of permitted machines and devices include but are not limited to: Dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers, milk shake blenders, coffee grinders, automatic coffee machines, devices used to maintain the temperature of prepared foods (such as warmers, steam tables, and heat lamps), and microwave ovensthat are used only to warm prepared foods and do not have the capacity to warm above 140 degrees farenheit.
Cleaning kitchen equipment. Minors are permitted to clean kitchen equipment, remove oil or grease filters, pour oil or grease through filters, and move receptacles containing hot grease or hot oil, but only when the equipment, surfaces, containers and liquids do not exceed a temperature of 100 degrees farenheit
Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and the wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking of items, including vegetatbles, fruits, and meats, when performed in areas physically separate from a freezer or meat cooler.
Loading onto motor vehicles and unloading from motor vehicles of the light, non-power-driven, hand tools and personal protective equipment that the minor will use as part of his orheremployment atthe work site; and the loading onto motor vehicles and the unloading from motor vehicles of personal items such as a back pack, a lunch box, or a coat that the minor is permitted to take to the work site. Such light tools would include, but not limited to, rakes, hand-held clippers, shovels, and brooms. Such light tools would not include items like trash, sales kits, promotion items or items for sale, lawn mowers, or other power-driven lawn maintenance equipment. Such minors would not be permitted to load or unload safety equipment such as barriers, cones, or signage.
The occupation of Lifeguard (15-year-olds but not 14-year-olds) at traditional swimming pools and water amusement parks (including such water park faculties as wave pools, lazy rivers, specialized activity areas,and baby pools, but not including the elevated areas of water slides) when properly trained and certified in aquatics and water safety by the American Red Cross or a similar certifying organization. Minors 16 years of age may be employed as a lifeguard at a natural environment such as an ocean side beach, lake, pond, river, quarry, or pier.
Employment of certain youth under specified conditions inside and outside of establishments where machinery is used to process wood products.
Work in connection with cars and trucks if confined to the following: Dispending gasoline and oil, courtesy services on premises of gasoline service station, car cleaning, washing, polishing by hand.May not work in Pits, racks or lifting apparatus or involving the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring.
Work in connection with riding inside passenger compartments of motor vehicles.Each minor riding as a passenger in a motor vehicle must have his or her own seat in the passenger compartment; each seat must be equipped with a seat belt or similar restraining device; and the employer must instruct the minors that such belts or other devices must be used. Each driver transporting the young workers must holda valid state driver'slicense forthe type of vehicle being driven and, if the driver is under the age of 18, his or her employment must comply wth the provisions of hazardous occupations.
17-year-old participants are allowed to work in approved school-supervised and school-administered Work Experience and Career Exploration Programs (WECEP): during school hours, for as many as 3 hours on a school day (including Friday's), for as many as 23 hours in a school week, in occupations otherwise prohibited but only after being granted by the Administrator ofthe Wage and Hour Division.
17-year-old students participating in a Department of Labor approved school-supervised and school administered Work-Study Program. Participating students must be enrolled in a college preparatory curriculum and identified by authoritative personnel of the school as being able to benefit from the Work-Study Program. Students working in an authorized WSP can not work more than 18 hours in any one week when school is in session, a portion which is during school hours, in accordance with the formula that is based upon continuous four-week cycle. In three of the four weeks, the participant is permitted to work during school hours on the only one day per week, and for no more than eight hours on that day. During the remaining week of the four-week cycle, such minor is permitted to work during school hours on no more than two days, and for no more than for eight hours on each of those two days. The employment of such minors would still be subject to the remaining time of day and number of hours standards.
To see a more exhaustive list (not complete listing) of approved and unapproved jobs, please CLICK HERE to view pages 6-7
Is this 17 year old employee working in any of the above approved jobs? *By answering NO, you are stating the employee is doing an unapproved job subject to penalty.*
The employee will have no limitation on jobs the employee can perform or hours they can work.
Hazardous Occupations Listing
The following listing are only jobs that can be performed by minors who are age 18 or older. These are hazardous occupations for minors under 18 years of age, or detrimental to their health and well-being. This minimum age applies even when the minor is employed by the parent or person standing in place of the parent.
Manufacturing and storing of explosives.
Motor-vehicle driving outside helper on a motor vehicle.
Coal Mining.
Occupations in forest fire fighting, firest fire prevention, timber tract operations, forestry service, logging, and sawmilling.
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 deli's), and wholesale establishments, and most occupations in meat and poultry slaughtering, packing, processing, or rendering.
Power-driven bakery machines including vertical dough or batter mixers.
Power-driven balers, compactors, and paper processing machines.
Wrecking, demolition, and shipbreaking operations.
Roofing operations and all work on orabout a roof.
Excavation Operations.
Is this minor under 18 years of age performing any one of the above hazardous occupations?
Do you have a record of the employees birthdate on file? This can be a driver's license, passport, or birth certificate with their birth date documented on it?
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