What kinds of work can youth perform?
Regulations governing youth employment in non-agricultural jobs differ
somewhat from those pertaining to agricultural employment. In non-agricultural
work, the permissible jobs, by age, are as follows:
- Workers 18 years or older may perform any job, whether hazardous or
not;
- Workers 16 and 17 years old may perform any
non-hazardous
jobs; and
- Workers 14 and 15 years old may work outside school hours in various
non-manufacturing, non-mining,
non-hazardous
jobs
Fourteen is the minimum age for most non-agricultural work. However, at any
age, youth may deliver newspapers; perform in radio, television, movie, or
theatrical productions; work in businesses owned by their parents (except in
mining, manufacturing or on hazardous jobs); perform babysitting or perform
minor chores around a private home. Also, at any age, youth may be employed as
homeworkers to gather evergreens and make evergreen wreaths.
Different age requirements apply to the employment of youth in agriculture.
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