Child Work Conditions

The FLSA kid work conditions are made to protect the academic possibilities of minors and prohibit their work in jobs and under conditions detrimental for their well-being or health. The conditions consist of limitations on hours of work with minors under 16 and listings of hazardous vocations instructions for both farm and jobs that are non-farm by the Secretary of work become too dangerous for minors to do. More information on forbidden professions is .

Nonagricultural Work (Kid Work)

Regulations regulating kid labor in non-farm jobs vary notably from those regarding employment that is agricultural. The permissible jobs and hours of work, by age, are as follows: Minors 14 and 15 years old may work outside school hours in various nonmanufacturing, nonmining, nonhazardous 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 non-farm work. Additionally, work may well not start before 7 a.m., nor end after 7 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor Day, when night hours are extended to 9 p.m. Under a unique supply, youngsters 14 and 15 years old enrolled in an approved Work Experience and Career Exploration Program (WECEP) can be employed for as much as 23 hours in college days and 3 hours on university days (including during college hours).

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