Child Labor
If You Are 14 or 15
When your attendance at school is not required, you may work in stores, offices, and other places, except in a factory workroom. You may do delivery or clerical work in an enclosed office of a factory, and in dry cleaning stores, shoe repair shops, and similar service stores.
| Work Between | When |
|---|---|
| 7 AM and 7 PM | Day after Labor Day to June 20 |
| 7 AM and 9 PM | June 21 to Labor Day |
When school is in session you may work a of Maximum 18 hrs/wk:
| Work Between | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday-Friday | 3 hrs/day |
| Saturday, Sunday, holidays | 8 hrs/day |
If you are enrolled in an approved work study program, you may work up to 23 hours in any given week.
When school is not in session, you may work six days a week, up to eight hours in any one day and up to 40 hours in any one week. (School is not in session if the school is closed for the entire week.)
If you work at a street trade, you may work between 6 AM and 7 PM four hours a day on any day school is in session and five hours a day on any day school is not in session.
Hours regulations do not apply to farm work. You need working papers for any job except the following: work on the home farm, caddying,
baby-sitting, casual employment consisting of household chores and yard work in and about a residence or the premises or a non-profit organization that does not involve the use of power-driven machinery.
When school is in session you may work a of Maximum 18 hrs/wk:
When school is in session you may work a of Maximum 18 hrs/wk: