Employer Self Assessment Tool
Child Labor in Non-Agriculture

  

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division produced this self assessment tool to help employers comply with the youth employment provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the implementing regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 570. These provisions are designed to protect young workers by restricting the types of jobs they perform and the number of hours they work. The U.S. Department of Labor strives to educate teens, parents, educators, and employers on the federal youth employment rules in order to promote positive and safe work experiences for young workers. One of our biggest challenges, however, is disseminating the information and identifying potential problems before injuries or, even worse, deaths, occur.

 

You can use this tool to help evaluate your firm’s level of compliance. You are not required to use this tool, but we believe you will find it helpful in preventing problems and achieving compliance with the federal youth employment provisions. Do not send this completed tool to the Department of Labor.

 

If you answer YES to any questions, you are likely out of compliance. For guidance in determining your compliance with the regulations that govern youth employment, refer to the attached Rules Summary.

 

With regard to any employee under the age of 18, do any of them:

       YES   NO 

 

1.

Work in or about plants or establishments manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components?

     

 

2.

Drive or serve as an outside helper on any motor vehicle (including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, golf carts, etc.) on a public road or highway?

 

3.

Work in or about any mine or quarry?

 

4.

Work in logging or in a sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill?

 

5.

Operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil, or clean any power-driven woodworking machine or perform any off-bearing from circular saws or from guillotine-action veneer clippers?

 

6.

Perform any activities that involve exposure to radioactive substances or to ionizing radiation?

           

 

7.

Operate or assist in the operation of any power-driven hoisting apparatus (including a forklift)?

 

8.

Operate or assist in the operation of any power-driven metal forming, punching, or shearing machine?

 

9.

Operate, feed, set-up, adjust, repair, oil, or clean any power-driven meat-processing machine, including meat slicers, or work in any occupation involving slaughtering, meatpacking, processing, or rendering?

 

10.

Operate, assist to operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil, or clean any power-driven bakery machine, including mixers?

 

11.

Operate or assist to operate, load, unload, set-up, adjust, repair, oil, or clean any power-driven paper-products machine, including scrap paper balers and paper box compactors?

 

12.

Work in any occupation involved in the manufacture of brick, tile, and kindred products?

 

13.

Operate or assist to operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil, or clean any power-driven circular saws, bandsaws, or guillotine shears?

 

14.

Work in any occupation involved in wrecking, demolition, or shipbreaking operations?

 

15.

Work in any occupation in roofing operations or perform any work on or about a roof?

 

16.

Work in occupations in excavation operations?

 

IF YOU DO NOT EMPLOY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 16, YOU MAY GO TO QUESTION 46.

 

With regard to any employee under the age of 16, do any of them:

 

17.

Work during school hours?

            

 

18.

Work before 7:00 a.m. on any day?

 

19.

Work past 7:00 p.m. between Labor Day and May 31st?

 

20.

Work past 9:00 p.m. between June 1st and Labor Day?

 

21.

Work more than 3 hours on a school day, including Fridays?

 

22.

Work more than 8 hours on any day?

 

23.

Work more than 18 hours in any week when school is in session?

 

24.

Work more than 40 hours in any week when school is not in session?

           

 

25.

Work in a public messenger service?

           

 

26.

Operate any power-driven machinery other than office machines?

           

 

27.

Work in occupations in connection with the transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, on water, pipeline, or other means?

           

 

28.

Work in occupations in connection with warehousing and storage?

           

 

29.

Work in occupations in connection with communications and public utilities?

           

 

30.

Work in occupations in connection with construction (including repair)?

           

 

31.

Clean kitchen equipment or handle, filter or dispose of hot oil or grease?

           

 

32.

Perform work on cars and trucks that involves the use of pits, racks or lifting apparatus or involves the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring?

           

 

33.

Work inside a freezer or meat cooler?

           

 

34.

Perform any work in preparation of meat for sale (except wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking in areas separate from where the meat is prepared)?

           

 

35.

Perform any work in or about boiler or engine rooms?

           

 

36.

Perform any work in connection with maintenance or repair of the establishment, machines or equipment?

           

 

37.

Perform any work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds, or their substitutes?

           

 

38.

Cook?

           

 

39.

Bake?

           

 

40.

Load or unload goods from a truck, railroad car, or conveyor?

           

 

41.

Perform any occupation in a warehouse (except office or clerical)?

           

 

42.

Operate any hoisting equipment, including such equipment as scissor lifts, fork lifts, hand trucks, and winches?

           

 

43.

Work as a lifeguard at a traditional swimming pool or a water amusement park?

           

 

44.

Work in any manufacturing occupation?

           

 

45.

Are any of your employees under 14 years of age?

           

 

46.

Do you fail to maintain a record providing proof of age for all employees under 19 years of age?

           

 

RULES SUMMARY

 

The FLSA establishes a minimum age of 18 years old for those nonagricultural occupations that the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to be particularly hazardous for 16- and 17-year-old minors, or detrimental to their health or well-being.  These are referred to as the Hazardous Occupations Orders (HOs).  In addition, Child Labor Regulation No. 3 also bans 14- and 15-year-olds from performing any work proscribed by the HOs.  There are currently seventeen HOs which include a partial or total ban on the occupations or industries they cover.  See Child Labor Bulletin 101 and Nonagricultural Occupations Child Labor Fact Sheet.  See also, the Chapter 33 of the Wage and Hour Division's Field Operations Handbook.

 

Do any workers under 18 years of age do the following: 

 

1.      Work in or about plants or establishments manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components?

 

Minors under age 18 may not work where explosives are manufactured or stored.  Such minors may, however, work in retail stores selling ammunition, gun shops, and skeet ranges.  (HO #1)  See: 29 CFR § 570.51, Child Labor Bulletin 101, and FOH § 33e01a(3)(b).

 

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2.      Drive or serve as an outside helper on any motor vehicle (including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, golf carts, etc.)?

 

Minors under 18 generally may not drive any type of motor vehicle or work as an outside helper on public roads or highways.  This prohibition extends to the towing of vehicles and the driving of school buses and trucks.  There is a limited exception to this provision that permits 17-year-olds to drive an automobile or truck (gross vehicle weight not exceeding 6,000 pounds) for limited periods of time when certain conditions are met.  These conditions include that the minors possess a valid license, the driving is only during daylight hours, the driving does not involve urgent time sensitive deliveries such as delivering a pizza to a residence, and the driving is only occasional and incidental to their employment.  There are additional requirements that also must be met.  (HO #2)  See 29 CFR § 570.52, Driving Automobiles and Trucks Fact Sheet, and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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3.      Work in or about any mine or quarry?       

 

Minors under 18 may not be employed in occupations in or about any mine.  There are limited exceptions for 16- and 17-year olds for the occupation of slate or other refuse picking at a picking table or picking chute in a tipple or breaker and for occupations requiring the performance of duties solely in offices or in repair or maintenance shops located in the surface part of any coal-mining plant. (HOs #3 and #9)  See 29 CFR § 570.53, 29 CFR § 570.60, and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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4.      Work in logging or in a sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill?

 

Minors under 18 may not be employed in most occupations in logging and in the operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill or cooperage-stock mill.  There are limited exceptions for minors who are at least 14 years old and by statute or judicial order are exempt from compulsory school attendance beyond the eighth grade. (HO #4)  See 29 CFR § 570.54, Child Labor Bulletin 101, and Fact Sheet 55.

 

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5.      Operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil or clean any power-driven woodworking machine or perform any off-bearing from circular saws or from guillotine-action veneer clippers?      

 

Minors under 18 may not operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil or clean any power-driven wood-working machines, including chain saws, nailing machines and sanders.  They also may not perform any off-bearing activities from circular saws or from guillotine-action veneer clippers or feed (or help feed) materials into the machines.  A limited exception applies to 16- and 17-year olds that allows them to place materials on a moving chain or in a hopper or slide for automatic feeding.  The regulations also provide a limited exemption for apprentices and student-learners who are at least 16 years of age and enrolled in approved programs.  (HO#5)  See 29 CFR § 570.55 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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6.      Perform any activities that involve exposure to radioactive substances or to ionizing radiation?

 

Minors under 18 may not be employed in occupations that would expose them to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations.  (HO #6)  See 29 CFR § 570.57 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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7.      Operate or assist in the operation of any power-driven hoisting apparatus (including a forklift)? 

  

Minors under age 18 may not operate an elevator, crane, derrick, hoist, or high-lift truck (except operating an unattended automatic operation passenger elevator, or an electric or air-operated hoist not exceeding one ton capacity), may not perform any work which involves riding on a manlift or on a freight elevator (except a freight elevator operated by an assigned operator) and may not perform any work of assisting in the operation of a crane, derrick, or hoist performed by crane hookers, crane chasers, hookers-on, riggers, rigger helpers and like occupations.  Examples of other power-driven hoisting equipment are forktruck, forklift truck, tiering truck, stacking truck and bobcat loader.  Low-lift trucks or low-lift platform trucks that are designed for transporting, but not for tiering, of material are permitted.  (HO #7)  See 29 CFR § 570.58 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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8.      Operate or assist in the operation of any power-driven metal forming, punching, or shearing machine?          

 

Minors under 18 may not operate, help operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil or clean rolling machines, pressing or punching machines, bending machines, hammering machines or shearing machines.  There are some exceptions for machine tools.  The regulations also provide a limited exemption for apprentices and student-learners who are at least 16 years of age and enrolled in approved programs.  (HO #8)  See 29 CFR § 570.59 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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9.      Operate, feed, set-up, adjust, repair, oil or clean any power-driven meat-processing machine, including meat slicers, or work in any occupation involving slaughtering, meatpacking, processing or rendering?  

 

Minors under age 18 may not set up, operate or assist to operate, clean, oil, adjust, or repair, power driven meat processing equipment.  This includes meat slicers, meat grinders, patty forming machines, meat and bone cutting saws, and food processors when used to process meats.  This is true even when the machines are used to process products other than meat, such as vegetables or cheese.  Such minors may, however, clean the disassembled parts of power-driven meat processing machines.  The regulations provide a limited exemption for apprentices and student-learners who are at least 16 years of age and enrolled in approved programs.  (HO #10)  See 29 CFR § 570.61, Child Labor Bulletin 101, and FOH § 33e10e(3)(a).

 

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10.  Operate, assist to operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil or clean any power-driven bakery machine? 

 

Minors under 18 may not set up, operate or assist to operate, clean, oil, adjust or repair power driven bakery machines.  This includes horizontal and vertical dough mixers (including countertop models), battermixers, bread dividing, rounding or molding machines, dough brakes, dough sheeters, cookie and cracker machines, and cake cutting bandsaws.  (HO #11)  See 29 CFR § 570.62 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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11.  Operate or assist to operate, load, unload, set-up, adjust, repair, oil or clean any power-driven paper-products machine, including scrap paper balers and paper box compactors?     

 

Minors under 18 generally may not operate or unload scrap paper balers and paper box compactors.  Sixteen and 17-year-olds may load some of these machines if the equipment meets certain safety standards, there is a posting to this effect on the machines, the on-off switch of the machine has a key-lock or other type of lock-out system, and the equipment is inoperable while it is being loaded.  The regulations also provide a limited exemption for apprentices and student-learners who are at least 16 years of age and enrolled in approved programs.  (HO #12)  See 29 CFR § 570.63, Child Labor Bulletin 101, and Fact Sheet 57.

 

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12.  Work in any occupation involved in the manufacture of brick, tile, and kindred products?

 

Minors under 18 may not be employed in most occupations involved in the manufacture of clay construction products and of silica refractory products.  (HO #13)  See 29 CFR § 570.64 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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13.  Operate or assist to operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil or clean any power-driven circular saws, bandsaws, or guillotine shears?

 

Minors under 18 may not operate, assist to operate, set-up, adjust, repair, oil or clean circular saws, band saws or guillotine shears, except machines equipped with full automatic feed and ejection.  The regulations also provide a limited exemption for apprentices and student-learners who are at least 16 years of age and enrolled in approved programs.  (HO#14)  See 29 CFR § 570.65 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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14.  Work in any occupation involved in wrecking, demolition or shipbreaking operations?

 

Minors under 18 may not be employed in occupations in wrecking, demolition or shipbreaking operations.  (HO #15)  See 29 CFR § 570.66 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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15.  Work in any occupation in roofing operations or perform any work on or about a roof?

 

Minors under 18 may not be employed in roofing operations, including work performed on the ground and removal of the old roof, and all work on or about a roof.  The regulations provide a limited exemption for apprentices and student-learners who are at least 16 years of age and enrolled in approved programs.  (HO #16)  See 29 CFR § 570.67, Child Labor Bulletin 101, and Roofing Fact Sheet.

 

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16.  Work in occupations in excavation operations?

 

Minors under 18 may not be employed in most occupations in trenching and excavation work, including working in a trench more than four feet deep.  The regulations provide a limited exemption for apprentices and student-learners who are at least 16 years of age and enrolled in approved programs.  (HO #17)  See 29 CFR § 570.68 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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Do any workers under 16 years of age do the following:

 

17.  Work during schools hours?                

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not work during school hours.  School hours are determined by the local public school in the area where the minor is residing while so employed, even if the minor does not attend the public school (i.e., attends a private school or is home schooled).  Such minors may be employed outside of school hours with certain limitations.  The term outside school hours means such periods as before and after school hours, holidays, summer vacations, Sundays, or any other day or part of a day when the school normally attended by the minor is not in session.  See 29 CFR § 570.35 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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18.  Work before 7:00 a.m. on any day?

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not be employed before 7:00 a.m. on any day.  See 29 CFR § 570.35 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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19.  Work past 7:00 p.m. between Labor Day and May 31st?    

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not be employed past 7:00 p.m. from the day after Labor Day through May 31.  This applies even if there is not school the next day, such as Friday or Saturday night, as well as in weeks when school is not in session such as during spring break.  These same minors may not work past 9:00 p.m. between June 1 and Labor Day.  See 29 CFR § 570.35 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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20.  Work past 9:00 p.m. between June 1st and Labor Day?       

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not be employed past 9:00 p.m. between June 1 and Labor Day.  They may not work past 7:00 p.m. between the day after Labor Day and May 31.  See 29 CFR § 570.35 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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21.  Work more than 3 hours on a school day, including Fridays?   

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not work more than 3 hours on a school day, including Fridays.  This prohibition applies even if there is not school the next day.  See 29 CFR § 570.35 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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22.  Work more than 8 hours on any day?                  

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may work up to 8 hours a day on Saturdays and Sundays and on other days when school is not in session, as long as they do not exceed the maximum permissible hours in any workweek.  They may work up to 18 hours in any week school is in session and up to 40 hours in any week school does not meet.  See 29 CFR § 570.35 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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23.  Work more than 18 hours in any week when school is in session?     

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not work more than 18 hours a week when school is in session.  For these purposes, school is in session in any week in which school meets, even if it meets for a part of a day or a portion of the week.  School hours and school weeks are determined by the local public school where the minor would attend if he or she attended public school.  See 29 CFR § 570.35 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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24.  Work more than 40 hours in any week when school is not in session?

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not work more than 40 hours in a week when school is not in session.  They may not work more than 18 hours in a week when school meets.  For these purposes, school is in session in any week in which school meets, even if it meets for a part of a day or a portion of the week.  School hours and school weeks are determined by the local public school where the minor would attend if he or she attended public school.  See 29 CFR § 570.35 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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25.  Work in a public messenger service?      

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not be employed in public messenger service.  See 29 CFR § 570.33 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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26.  Operate any power-driven machinery, other than office machines?        

      

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not operate most power-driven machinery, including lawnmowers, trimmers, and “weed-whackers”.  These minors may operate office machinery, vacuum cleaners, floor waxers, and machines and devices used in connection with preparing and serving food and beverages, such as dishwashers, toasters, popcorn poppers, milk shake blenders, coffee grinders and microwave ovens that do not have the capacity to warm above 140°F.  See 29 CFR § 570.33 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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27.  Work in occupations in connection with transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, on water, pipeline, or other means?      

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not be employed in transportation occupations.  A limited exception would apply for office or sales work when not performed on transportation media.  See 29 CFR § 570.33 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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28.  Work in occupations in connection with warehousing and storage?    

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not be employed in warehousing and storage occupations.  A limited exception would apply for office or sales work.  See 29 CFR § 570.33 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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29.  Work in occupations in connection with communications and public utilities?      

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not be employed in communications and public utilities occupations.  A limited exception would apply for office or sales work.  See 29 CFR § 570.33 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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30.  Work in occupations in connection with construction (including repair)?

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not be employed in any construction activities or on a construction site.  A limited exception would apply for office or sales work when not performed at the actual construction site.  See 29 CFR § 570.33, Employer's Guide to Youth in Construction, and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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31.  Clean kitchen equipment or handle, filter, or dispose of hot oil or grease?    

 

Effective February 14, 2005, 14- and 15-year-olds may clean, maintain (including the changing, cleaning, and disposing of oil or grease and oil or grease filters) and repair cooking devices (other than power-driven equipment) when the surfaces of the equipment or liquids do not exceed a temperature of 100°F.  All minors under 18 years of age are prohibited from operating and cleaning power-driven meat processing equipment and bakery equipment.  Youth 16 and 17 years of age, however, may clean the disassembled parts of such equipment.  See 29 CFR § 570.34, Child Labor Bulletin 101, and Cooking and Baking Fact Sheet.

 

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32.  Perform work on cars and trucks that involves the use of pits, racks or lifting apparatus or involves the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring?  

 

Minor 14 and 15-years old may not perform work involving the use of pits, racks or lifting apparatus or involving the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring.  See 29 CFR § 570.34 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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33.  Work inside a freezer or meat cooler?

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old are prohibited from working in freezers and meat coolers.  This includes duties—such as taking inventory or performing cleanup work—which would require them to enter and remain in coolers or freezers for prolonged durations.  These minors may enter such freezers momentarily—as when retrieving an item for use outside the equipment—if the equipment is designed to prevent the worker from being locked inside.  See 29 CFR § 570.34, FOH § 33b(13)(b), and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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34.  Perform any work in preparation of meat for sale (except wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking in areas separate from where the meat is prepared)?   

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not perform any work in preparation of meats for sale except for wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing and stocking in areas separate from where the meat is prepared.  See 29 CFR § 570.34 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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35.  Perform any work in or about boiler or engine rooms?      

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not perform any work in or about boiler or engine rooms.  See 29 CFR § 570.34 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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36.  Perform any work in connection with maintenance or repair of the establishment, machines or equipment?        

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not perform any work in connection with maintenance or repair of the establishment, machines or equipment.  See 29 CFR § 570.34 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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37.  Perform any work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds or their substitutes?         

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not perform work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds, or their substitutes.  This includes outside window washing that involves working from windowsills.  See 29 CFR § 570.34 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.


 

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38.  Cook?                               

 

Since February 14, 2005, 14-and 15-year-olds may only perform cooking that (1) involves the use of electric and gas grills that do not entail cooking over an open flame and (2) involves the use of deep fat fryers which are equipped with and utilize devices which automatically raise and lower the “baskets” but not pressurized fryers.  See 29 CFR § 570.34, Child Labor Bulletin 101, and Cooking and Baking Fact Sheet.

 

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39.  Bake?                             

 

Minors under 16 years of age are prohibited from performing any baking duties.  Prohibited baking duties include the weighing, mixing and assembling of ingredients and the operation of pizza ovens and convection ovens.  The use of warming devices to maintain the heat of cooked food is permitted.  See 29 CFR § 570.34, Child Labor Bulletin 101, and Cooking and Baking Fact Sheet.

 

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40.  Load or unload goods from a truck, railroad car or conveyor?

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not load or unload goods to and from conveyors, trucks, railroad cars or tanks, trucks, boats, planes, or other mean of transportation.  See 29 CFR § 570.34 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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41.  Perform any occupation in a warehouse (except office or clerical)?

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may perform only office and clerical work in a warehouse.  See 29 CFR § 570.34 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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42.  Operate any hoisting equipment such as scissor lifts, motorized hand trucks or grocery cart retrieval systems and cart caddies?

 

Minors 14 and 15-years old may not perform work involving the operation or tending or hoisting equipment or any power-driven equipment such as scissor lifts, motorized hand trucks, cart caddies or QuicKart (used to move large strings of shopping carts from the parking lot to the front of the store).  See 29 CFR § 570.33, FOH § 33e02e(2), and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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43. Work as a lifeguard at a traditional swimming pool or a water amusement park?

Fifteen-year-olds, but not youth less than 15 years of age, may be employed as lifeguards at traditional swimming pools, and most facilities of water amusement parks (except at the top of elevated water slides) when certain conditions are met.  The 15-year-old must be trained and certified by the American Red Cross, or a similar certifying organization, in aquatics and water safety; and must be employed in compliance with all the other applicable provisions of the federal youth employment rules contained in Child Labor Regulations No. 3, including the restrictions on the hours and times of day that 15-year-olds may be employed.  However, Youth under 16 years of age may not be employed as lifeguards at natural environment facilities such as rivers, steams, lakes, ponds, quarries, reservoirs, wharfs, piers, or ocean-side beaches. See Lifeguard Fact Sheet.

 

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44. Work in any manufacturing occupation?

 

Minors 14- and 15-year olds may not be employed in any manufacturing or processing occupation.  They are prohibited from working in or about any plant or processing establishment, or in any workroom or workplace where goods are manufactured, processed, or where explosives or articles containing explosive components are stored.  See 29 CFR§ 570.33 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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45. Are any of your employees under 14 years of age? 

 

Minors 13 years of age and younger are generally too young for employment under the Federal youth employment provisions.  Permissible employment for such minors is limited to exempt work such as delivering newspapers, performing casual babysitting, acting, performing minor chores around private homes, and working for a parent who is the sole owner of a business (in occupations other than mining, manufacturing, or anything prohibited by an HO).  See 29 CFR § 570.2 and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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46. Do you fail to maintain a record providing proof of age for all employees under 19 years of age?

 

Employers are required to maintain and preserve certain records, including the date of birth for all employees who are less than 19 years of age.  See 29 CFR § 516.2(a) and Child Labor Bulletin 101.

 

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February 2008