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ESA-WHD New Release: [05/31/1996]
Contact Name: Jeannine Lupton 96-87
Phone Number: (206) 553-7620
Release Number: SE-WH-87
EMPLOYERS REMINDED OF CHILD LABOR RESTRICTIONS FOR SUMMER JOBS
SEATTLE — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage-Hour Division today reminded employers of federal laws pertaining to the employment of minors for summer jobs.
Bill Buhl, Wage-Hour regional administrator in San Francisco, said the federal Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum ages for covered employment unless a specific exemption applies.
The Act also sets standards for child labor in both farm and non-farm jobs, he said.
"Among the Act's most important provisions are the restrictions on the hours that minors under the age of 16 may be employed," he added.
In both farm and nonfarm jobs, 14 and 15-year-olds are prohibited from working during school hours. From June 1 through Labor Day, 14 and 15-year-olds may work eight hours per day, 40 hours per week and until 9 p.m. During school months, 14 and 15- year-olds employed in nonfarm jobs during school months may work only three hours per day, 18 hours per week and are prohibited from working before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m.
Buhl added that school hours are those of the official school calendar for the district in which the minor is living while employed.
Buhl also pointed out that the Act prohibits employment in certain occupations declared hazardous for minors under 18 years of age in nonfarm jobs and under 16 in farm jobs. He also said that youths age 12 and 13 may also work in nonhazardous farm jobs outside school hours either with written parental consent or on the same farm where their parents are employed.
The Act also requires that minors be paid the applicable minimum wage and at least one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for any hours in excess of 40 hours worked in one work week.
Children under 12 are generally restricted from employment, and youths 16 years or older may work in farm jobs at any time.
For further information about child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, contact either of the Wage-Hour district offices listed below:
U.S. Labor Department
Wage Hour Division
1111 Third Ave., Ste. 755
Seattle, Wash., 98101
(206) 553-4482
U.S. Labor Department
Wage Hour Division
111 S.W. Columbia, Ste. 1010
Portland, Ore., 97204
(503) 326-3052
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