b'Legally Speaking CSIA 27T heDepartmentofLaborcurrently isconductingaNationalStrategic Enforcement Initiative on child labor and has made compliance a top priority. In a luncheon conference last week in Washington, D.C., with DOL Administrator Jessica Looman, she discussed with me and other employment attorneys, her agencys strong commitment to curb the 88% increase in violations since 2019. So that you may lawfully employ minors, this article answers many of the common questions about restrictions imposed by state and federal wage-hour laws.In general, the type of work that a minor may perform is related to the minors age, the nature of the work and schooling status.State and federal laws vary somewhat so pay attention to your states regulations. Here is a basic summary:14 and 15 year olds:can work up to 3 hours on a school day, Monday through Friday and 18 hours during a school week. Member MICASWICAESICA can work up to 8 hours a day on a non-schoolSEICAWIACSICAday, or 40 hours in a non-school week. cannot work during school hours. cannot work before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. when school is in session (except from June 1 through Labor Day when evening hours16 and 17 year olds: are extended to 9:00 p.m.)While federal laws do not restrict the number ofCENTRAL STATES INSULATION ASSOCIATION cannot work in any manufacturing, processing,hours or times of day that workers 16 years of mining,construction,warehouseoperations,age and older may be employed, many states do maintenance or repair of machinery, and manyso and these state restrictions primarily address restrictions apply in cooking.work during the school day.cannot work in any of the 17 Hazardous Occupations16 and 17 year olds can work in any occupation listed below, for 16 and 17 year olds. except those declared hazardous by the Secretarycannot load/unload trucks. of Labor. The 17 Hazardous Occupations for non- cannot use power driven machinery, mowers orfarm work deal with the following: cutters. 1.Manufacturing or storing explosives Under federal law the prohibited occupations for2.Driving a motor vehicle as primary job or being minors under 16 is broader than it appears anda vehicle outside helper but 17 year olds can includes such things as outside window washingperform incidental/occasional daytime driving for fromladders,workinboiler/engineroomsandvehicles not exceeding 6,000 pounds within a 30 workinconnectionwithvehiclesusingliftingmile radius of the place of employmentapparatusortireinflationofremovablerims,3.Coal mining mowers and cutters. 4.Logging and sawmilling 5.Powerdriven wood working machines csiaonline.org'