Occupations prohibited for children under sixteen.

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A. No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work at any of the following occupations:

1. Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations, including occupations requiring performance of any duties in work rooms or work places where goods are manufactured, mined, or otherwise processed;

2. Occupations which involve 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 to the health and well-being of minors under sixteen (16) years of age by federal laws and regulations or as declared by the Commissioner of Labor; and

6. Occupations, except office work or sales work, in connection with:

  • a.transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline or other means,
  • b.warehousing and storage,
  • c.communications and public utilities, and
  • d.construction including demolition and repair.

B. This section shall not apply to:

1. Children working either on farms or for parents or any entity in which a parent owns an equity interest;

2. Children engaged in the sale or delivery of newspapers to consumers; or

3. Children engaged in voluntary service for a charitable organization recognized exempt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Section 501(c), if the organization receives written permission from a parent or legal guardian of any such child.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 172, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 295, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2015, c. 39, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.


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