General Summary of Minors' Work Regulations
Minors under the age of 18 may not work in occupations declared hazardous for young workers as listed below.
2. Motor vehicle driving/outside helper
3. Power baking/dough-making machines
4. Power-driven paper products/paper bailing
5. Logging and saw-milling
6. Power-driven woodworking machines
7. Manufacturing brick, and tile products
8. Power-driven hoists/forklifts
9. Excavation operations
10. Power-driven metal forming, punching, & shearing machines
Work Permits
To obtain a work permit, students (Age 14+) must maintain satisfactory grades and attendance. Students who fall below the district standard in grades or attendance will be in jeopardy of losing their work permit.
Students must have a job offer before they can get a work permit. After a student has been offered a job, they need to get a B1-1 form (Statement of Intent to Employ Minor and Request for Work Permit - Certificate of Age) filled out. That form must have the complete Social Security Number, the new job information, employer's, parent's, and student's signatures.
School Closed for Break
If school is out for Thanksgiving, Winter, Spring, or Summer break, contact the district office to turn in the Request for Work permit to get the permit, or wait until school is in session again. The district office cannot generate work permits when the High School Work Experience offices are open.
AGES: 16 – 17
When school is in session: Daily maximum 4 hours, Monday through Thursday. May work up to 8 hours on any non-school day or on any day that precedes a non-school day. May be permitted to work up to 24 hours per week.
Work Experience Education program students may be permitted to work a maximum of 8 hours on a school day. May be permitted to work up to 40 hours per week.
When school is not in session: (Summer, Spring, and Winter Break) Daily maximum 8 hours and weekly maximum 40 hours.
Work must be performed between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Students in Work Experience Education programs may be authorized to work until 12:30 a.m.
AGES: 14 – 15
When school is in session: Daily maximum 3 hours, Monday through Thursday. Weekly maximum 18 hours.
May work 8 hours on Saturday and Sunday.
When school is not in session: (Summer, Spring, and Winter Break) Daily maximum 8 hours and weekly maximum 40 hours.
May work from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. any day of the week. May work from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. when school is not in session.
YOUNGER than 14
Labor laws generally prohibit non-farm employment of children younger than 14. Special rules apply to agricultural work, domestic work, and the entertainment industry.