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Minors 14 and 15 years of age (State and Federal Law)
Examples of work prohibited for minors 14 and 15 years of age:
- Operating lawn mowers or weed eaters
- Loading/unloading vehicles
- Operating power driven food slicers, grinders, choppers, cutters, etc.
- Cooking
- Operating power-driven machinery
- Working at a construction site
- Work requiring use of ladders or scaffolds
- Public messenger
- Work in a warehouse
- Work in a freezer
- Operating bakery-type mixers
- Manufacturing work
- Mining occupations
- Most processing occupations (such as filleting fish,
dressing poultry, commercial laundering)
No employees under 17 years of age may drive on public
roadways as part of his or her job, if that employment is
subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Minors under 17 years old (Federal Law)
Seventeen-year-olds may drive on public roadways as
part of their employment, ONLY if all of the following
requirements are met:
- The driving is limited to daylight hours;
- The 17-year-old holds a state license for the type of
driving involved in the job performed;
- The 17-year-old has successfully completed a state approved
driver education course and has no record of any moving
violation at the time of hire;
- The automobile or truck is equipped with a seat belt
for the driver and any passengers and the employer has
instructed the youth that the seat belts must be used
when driving the vehicle;
- The automobile or truck does not exceed 6,000 pounds
gross vehicle weight; and
- Such driving is only occasional and incidental to the
17-year-old's employment.
Youth may drive no more than one-third
of the worktime in any workday and no more than 20 percent
of the worktime in any workweek.
Minors under 18 years of age (Federal Law)
Examples of hazardous occupations for minors under 18
years of age:
- Jobs involving the manufacturing and storing of explosives
- Coal mining, logging, and saw mill work
- Operating power-driven woodworking machines, bakery machines, or paper product machines
- Jobs with exposure to radioactive substances
- Operating a power-driven hoisting apparatus
- Operating power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machines
- Mining, other than coal mining
- Meat processing jobs (slaughtering, packing, processing, or rendering)
- Manufacturing brick, tile, and kindred products
- Operating power-driven circular saws, band saws, and guillotine shears
- Work in wrecking, demolition, and shipbreaking operations
- Roofing work
- Excavation jobs
Employers may call one of these offices of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) Wage and Hour Division for information on federal laws and to find out if they are subject to the FLSA.
- 404-893-4600 in Atlanta
- 912-652-4221 in Savannah
For more information on state laws contact the GDOL Child Labor section at 404-232-3260.
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