Friday, June 04, 1999
Law limits hours, places teens can work
BY CINDY KRANZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
School is winding down, or it's out, and you don't want your teen hanging out at home all summer. Maybe it's time for him, or her, to get a job.
After all, she's talked about getting a car. You think it's a good idea for her to earn some money to help with payments and insurance. She'll also feel a sense of ownership if she has to contribute to the cause.
Besides earning money, getting a summer job is a good way for teens to explore career opportunities, says Marian Edelman Borden, author of Summer Fun: The Parents' Complete Guide to Day Camps, Overnight Camps, Specialty Camps, and Teen Tours (Checkmark; $14.95).
“It can be a very helpful way to find out if they even like the field,” she says.
But before your teen goes job hunting, the U.S. Department of Labor has a few rules and regulations that teens should know.
Sixteen is the minimum age for most non-farm work, however, 14- and 15-year-olds may be employed outside of school hours in certain occupations under certain conditions.
Youths may, at any age: deliver newspapers, perform in radio, television, movies, or theatrical productions; work for their parents in their solely owned non-farm business (except in mining, manufacturing, or in any other of the 17 occupations declared by the Secretary of Labor to be too dangerous for minors under age 18).
The permissible jobs and hours of work, by age, in non-farm work are as follows:
• Youths 18 years or older may perform any job for unlimited hours.
• Youths age 16 and 17 may performanyjob not declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor, for unlimited hours.
• Youths ages 14 and 15 may work outside school hours in various non-hazardous jobs under the following conditions: no more than 3 hours on a school day, 18 hours in a school week, 8 hours on a non-school day, or 40 hours in a non-school week. In addition, they may not begin work before 7 a.m. or work after 7 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor Day, when evening hours are extended until 9 p.m.
For more information: www.dol.gov
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