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Minor Labor Law Policy

"MINOR" MEANS ANY PERSON LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE

WORKING PERMITSEvery minor 14 through 17 years of age must have a WAGE AGREEMENTEvery minor must complete a Minor Wage Agreement.

working permit

REST PERIODEvery minor that works more than 5 consecutive hours must receive at least 35 minutesLIST OF MINORS

EMPLOYED: Every Restaurant will post a list of minors in the restaurant that all minor employees can view

RESTRICTIONS ON WORKING HOURS FOR MINORS 14 and 15 YEARS OF AGE

No person under 16 shall be employed: 1During school hours

2Before 7:15 a.mor after 8:45 p.m. from June 1st to September 1st or during any school holiday of 5 school days or moreor after

6:45 p.m. at any other time during the school year

3For more than 3 hours a day on any school day 4For more than 18 hours in any school week

5For more than 8 hours on any day when school is not in session

6During school breaks, the employee must be off 5 consecutive days in order to be scheduledAll other guidelines and parameters must be followed

7For more than 40 hours in any week that school is not in session nor during school hoursunless the employment is incidental to

bona fide programs of vocational cooperative training work-study or other work-oriented programs to educate students and the

program meets standards established by the state board of education

RESTRICTIONS ON WORKING HOURS FOR MINORS 16 and 17 YEARS OF AGE

No person 16 or 17 who is required to attend school shall be employed:

1Before 7:15 a.mon any day that school is in session or 6:15 amif the person was not employed after 7:45 p.mthe previous

night

2After 10:45 p.mon any night preceding a day that school is in session.

PROHIBITED OCCUPATIONS FOR MINORS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE

1Work in freezers and/or walk in coolers

2Cooking, baking, operatingsetting up, adjustingoilingor repairing equipment

3Outside window washing 4Using a ladder

5Loading or unloading goods to and from trucks

6Running out of parked or curbside orders that are not on the sidewalk surrounding the building (you can not step off the curb)

7Working at or getting product from other locations

Minor Employees Under the Age of 18

Minor employees under the age of 18 must take a 35-minute unpaid break for every five hours workedThe break is off the clock

time, and it is required that they take a full 35-minute break. Employees are relieved of all work during unpaid breaks”.

The given text outlines a Minor Labor Law Policy that defines "minor" as any person under 18 years of age. Every minor employee between 14 and 17 years old must have a working permit and complete a Minor Wage Agreement. Restrictions are placed on working hours for minors based on their age, including the number of hours per day and week, and during school hours. Some occupations are prohibited for minors under 16 years old, such as working in freezers and using ladders. It is mandatory for minor employees to take a 35-minute unpaid break for every five hours worked, during which they must be relieved of all work.

While working fast food, employees under 16, are not even allowed to go into freezers or refrigerators. What is so bad that an employee under the age of 16 can’t even enter a refrigerator. Also, employees under 16 can’t work over 3 hours on a school day. What about the students that help pay bills or the students that absolutely need the money. If we assume they’re working for minimum wage, that’s only $31 a day. That is not enough to live off of. And those few things are just the tip of the iceberg.

This petition is a movement to undo the recent labor laws pasted and to allow our youth workers to work the hours they want, to a certain extent, and to make their own decisions with their guardian’s permission.

Not only is the youth impacted but so are local businesses and restaurants as most of their workers are “minors”. 

 

We as the people need to act now before they don’t let our youths even work in the coming future. This is the future of our country, do we really want to teach them that it’s okay to no learn life skills at a young but appropriate age? What is a young employee going to learn when they can’t even enter a freezer without breaking labor laws? 

 

The adults of this country are making rules for the youth that they don’t even agree on. Let our youth work… please for the sake of this country!

According to whitehouse.gov you can submit a petition at 13 but yet your not allowed to get a bag of lettuce from the fridge.