\n\n School session<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n May get employed only during vacations and holidays. Employment during school days is not allowed under the law.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under no law, a 13 years old person is allowed to work for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nil eligibility criteria for WEE program<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 3 hours per school day after school hours\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8 hours on any off day from school<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Total of 18hrs\/ week. 23 hours per week for WEE candidates<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 4 hours a day on any school day\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8 working hours on any day other than school day( non school day)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A total of 48 hours per week are required<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WEE certified students can work more than usual hours per day but cannot exceed 8 hours a day<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n\n Not in session school<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8 working hours a day and 40 working hours a week<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8 working hours a day and 40 working hours a week<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8 working hours a day and 48 working hours a week<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n\n Division of\u00a0 hours<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 7a.m to 7p.m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 7a.m. to 7 p.m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 5a. To 10 p.m<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WEE students can work till 12:30 a.m on any week day<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Age approval certificate in California<\/strong><\/h2>\nUnlike other states who require a certificate of age declaration from the minors before assigning them any job, California Labor Law freed the youth from the provision of this certificate who wants to work in California. Employers are to decide and look forward to whom to hire keeping the federal and state law minor labor laws and restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n Legitimate and restricted Occupations for minors<\/strong><\/h3>\nEven though the state has permitted the minors to work, still some jobs are still not permissible for them. All occupations that are mentioned in the Federal Legislature as hazardous for the younger individuals or tends to cause any harm to their physical health and wellbeing are prohibited for the minors.<\/p>\n List of the jobs not legitimate for minors under 16 years of age<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n- Any job declared hazardous for minors under 16 years of age or detrimental for their health and wellbeing particularly use of specific agriculture tools<\/li>\n
- Any job that is declared harmful for the youth of ages between 16 to 18 that may affect their physical and mental well being<\/li>\n
- Job in the vicinity of boilers or running engines<\/li>\n
- Any work that needs ladder or any related tool<\/li>\n
- Baking and freezing, work related to meat grinding<\/li>\n
- Any job in the warehouses<\/li>\n
- Work in the manufacturing industry or mining\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Driving a vehicle or a tractor both as a driver or a passenger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
These are some of the instances from an extended list of prohibited occupations for the minors under California labor law for minors. So before hiring any individual for a job, employers must check the list of occupations that can be availed keeping in view the age of the applicant just to ensure that a minor is working in an authorized occupation.<\/p>\n Employment of Minors in the Entertainment Industry<\/strong><\/h3>\nAny company or organization that utilizes the efforts of minors in filming or videotaping utilizing any format (commercial, theatre or television program), recording and modeling and a lot of other performances that are meant to entertain the public is termed as Entertainment Industry by the state of California.<\/p>\n Under the federal laws, a minor cannot work more than 8 hours in a single day or 48 hours per week in any entertainment industry. They are only permitted to work from 5 am to 10 pm or till 12:30 on any day prior to non-school day.<\/p>\n Minors should be employed in the entertainment industry through an application issued by DLSE to make it legitimate employment.<\/p>\n DLSE issues two basic working permits.<\/p>\n \n- Individual Permit is granted for a period of 6 months for the minor mentioned in the application and must need renewal within this period under the same terms and conditions as before.<\/li>\n
- Blank Permits are granted for a number of minors usually groups who are employed for a noteworthy and special event. This type of permit is issued for an extended period of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A bill 2396 was passed by California Assembly in 2013 which formulated that any infant can be presented in the movie or theatre. However, the above condition can only be met if an authorized statement meeting the criteria of labor code \u00a71308.8 are met. For example, a child specialist must certify that the infant was born normal, having normal birth weight, having the ability to absorb stressful environment of film featuring; above all the infant is 15 days old which is vital enough for infant\u2019s involvement in the industry.<\/p>\n Employing minors for Door to Door Sale<\/strong><\/h3>\nCalifornia legislation intends to attain the registration of the employer or a supervisor who is employing a minor under 16 years of age for door to door sales that is away of 10 miles from the minor\u2019s residence. Registrants must adhere to the laws founded by the state and federal body in employment of the minors, their maximum wages, term of hiring and conditions that may have a bad effect on their wellbeing and safety measures.<\/p>\n Recounting the Record\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nA vigorous and powerfully built record system is maintained by the state of California. As per California DLSE, employers should have a record of employees on their files. These records must be available at all times and can be accessed by school administrative authorities or DLSE personals any time. Failure to produce the employee record is apparently ostensible and assumed as unlawful employment of the minors. Names, ages and addresses of all the minors employed in a company should be maintained and upheld for a period of three years with a special focus on the wage record on the orders of Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order.<\/p>\n Penalties and Punishments<\/strong><\/h3>\nCalifornia Child Labor Law states two types of penalties upon violation of minor\u2019s labor law.<\/p>\n Class A penalty<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe more intense penalty for those who are involved in employing underage children for hazardous and risky occupations. Employers are charged with $5000 to $10 000 on every single violation.<\/p>\n Class B Penalty<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis penalty is specified for those who violate the labor code section that involves hiring of minors in entertainment industries that may put harmful effects on the minor state of mind and other health and security issues other than type A violations. Class B penalty also charges the guilty of amount $500 to $10 000 for every single violation.<\/p>\n Other civil penalties may include;<\/p>\n |