CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of
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Chapter V |
Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor |
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Part 570 |
Child Labor Regulations, Orders and Statements of
Interpretation |
- Section Number: 570.2
- Section Name: Minimum age standards.
(a) All occupations except in agriculture. (1) The Act, in section
3(1), sets a general 16-year minimum age which applies to all employment
subject to its child labor provisions in any occupation other than in
agriculture, with the following exceptions:
(i) The Act authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide by
regulation or by order that the employment of employees between the ages
of 14 and 16 years in occupations other than manufacturing and mining
shall not be deemed to constitute oppressive child labor, if and to the
extent that the Secretary of Labor determines that such employment is
confined to periods which will not interfere with their schooling and to
conditions which will not interfere with their health and well-being
(see subpart C of this part); and
(ii) The Act sets an 18-year minimum age with respect to employment
in any occupation found and declared by the Secretary of Labor to be
particularly hazardous for the employment of minors of such age or
detrimental to their health or well-being (see subpart E of this part).
(2) The Act exempts from its minimum age requirements the employment
by a parent of his own child, or by a person standing in place of a
parent of a child in his custody, except in occupations to which the 18-
year age minimum applies and in manufacturing and mining occupations.
(b) Occupations in agriculture. The Act sets a 16-year age minimum
for employment in agriculture during school hours for the school
district in which the employed minor is living at the time, and also for
employment in any occupation in agriculture that the Secretary of Labor
finds and declares to be particularly hazardous except where such
employee is employed by his parent or by a person standing in the place
of his parent on a farm owned or operated by such parent or person (see
Subpart E-1 of this part). There is a minimum age requirement of 14
years generally for employment in agriculture outside school hours for
the school district where such employee is living while so employed.
However, (1) a minor 12 or 13 years of age may be so employed with
written consent of his parent or person standing in place of his parent,
or may work on a farm where such parent or person is also employed, and
(2) a minor under 12 years of age may be employed by his parent or by a
person standing in place of his parent on a farm owned or operated by
such parent or person, or may be employed with consent of such parent or
person on a farm where all employees are exempt from the minimum wage
provisions by virtue of section 13(a) (6) (A) of the Act.
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