(a) Prohibited occupations. With respect to employment in
occupations other than manufacturing and mining, the Secretary is
authorized to issue regulations or orders lowering the age minimum to 14
years where he finds that such employment is confined to periods which
will not interfere with the minors' schooling and to conditions which
will not interfere with their health and well-being. Pursuant to this
authority, the Secretary permits the employment of 14- and 15-year-old
children in a limited number of occupations where the work is performed
outside school hours and is confined to other specified limits. Under
the provisions of Child Labor Regulations, subpart C (Secs. 570.31
through 570.38 of this chapter), employment of minors in this age group
is not permitted in the following occupations:
(1) Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations including
occupations requiring the performance of any duties in a workroom or
workplace where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise processed;
(2) Occupations involving the operation or tending of hoisting
apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than office machines;
(3) The operation of motor vehicles or service as helpers on such
vehicles;
(4) Public messenger service;
(5) Occupations declared to be particularly hazardous or detrimental
to health or well-being by the Secretary;
(6) Occupations in connection with (i) transportation of persons or
property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means; (ii)
warehousing and storage; (iii) communications and public utilities; and
(iv) construction (including demolition and repair). Office and sales
work performed in connection with the occupations specified in this
subparagraph is permitted if such work is not performed on trains or any
other media of transportation or at the actual site of construction
operations.
(b) Permissible occupations; conditions. Employment of 14- and 15-
year-olds in all occupations other than those in paragraph (a) of this
section is permitted by the regulation under certain conditions
specified in the regulation. The permissible occupations for minors
between 14 and 16 years of age in retail, food service, and gasoline
service establishments are listed in Sec. 570.34. The periods and
conditions of employment for such minors are set out in Sec. 570.35.
