US State Child Labor Laws Resources in United States
US State Child Labor Laws Resources
October 2005
| State | Citation | Maximum Hours | Night Hours | Meal/Rest | Permits |
| Alabama | Code §25-8 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No overnight shifts before school day | None | None |
| Alaska | Stat. §23.10.332 |
None | None | None | Written consent from parent or guardian |
| Arizona | Rev. Stat. Ann. §23-233 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No overnight shifts before school day | None | None |
| Arkansas | Code Ann. §11-4 |
54-hour week (U-18), 48-hour week (U-16) | No limitation on overnight shifts before non-school day (U-18), No work after 9pm (U-16) | None | Permit required with written consent from parent or guardian (U-16) |
| California | Lab. Code §1391 |
48-hour week (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No overnight shifts before school day, No work after 12:30am before non-school day (U-18) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours, 10 minute rest period for each 4 hours | Permit required |
| Colorado | Rev. Stat. Ann. §8-12-104 |
40-hour week (U-16), | No overnight shifts before school day | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours, 10 minute rest period for each 4 hours | None |
| Connecticut | Gen. Stat.§31-12 | None | No overnight shifts but can work late for certain businesses (U-18) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 7.5 hours | None |
| Delaware | Code Ann. tit. 19§507 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 7.5 hours | Employment certificate required |
| Florida | Stat. Ann.§450.081 |
30-hour week during school session (U-18) | No overnight shifts before school day | None | None |
| Georgia | Code Ann. §39-2 |
40-hour week during school session (U-16) | Employment certificate required for night work (U-18) | Reasonable unpaid break time for employees to breast feed infants | None |
| Hawaii | Rev.Stat. Ann. §390-2 |
40-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Idaho | Code §44-1304 |
54-hour week (U-16) | No work after 9pm (U-16) | None | None |
| Illinois | 820 ILCS 205 | 48-hour week (U-16), 3-hour day during school session | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Indiana | Code Ann.§20-33-3 |
30-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | None | Certificate required. Can work later and longer with written permission |
| Iowa | Code Ann.§92 |
28-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | Permit required (U-16) |
| Kansas | Stat. Ann.§38-602 |
40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 10pm before school day (U-16) | None | None |
| Kentucky | Rev. Stat. Ann.§339 |
40-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 11:30 pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Louisiana | Rev. Stat. Ann. §23:214 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 10pm (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Maine | Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 26 §603 |
20-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 10pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 6 hours | None |
| Maryland | Code Ann.§3-210 |
23-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 8pm (U-16) | ½ hour break period after no more than 5 hours | None |
| Massachusetts | Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 149 §66 |
None | No work after 10pm during school session (U-18), No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period after no more than 6 hours | Permit required (U-16) |
| Michigan | Comp. Laws Ann.§409 |
48-hour week (U-16) | No work after 10:30 pm during school session (U-18), | ½ hour break period after no more than 5 hours | Permit required |
| Minnesota | Stat. Ann. §177.254 |
40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 9pm (U-16) | Unspecified meal break for shifts more than 8 hours | None |
| Mississippi | Code Ann. §71-1-21 |
44-hour week (U-16) | No work after 7pm (U-16) | None | None |
| Missouri | Ann. Stat. §294.03 |
40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 7pm (U-16) | None | None |
| Montana | None | None | None | None | None |
| Nebraska | Rev. Stat. §48.310 |
48-hour week (U-16) | No work after 10pm (U-16) | None | None |
| Nevada | Rev. Stat. §609 |
48-hour week (U-16) | None | ½ hour meal period during 8 hour shift | Permit required (U-14) |
| New Hampshire | Rev. Stat. §276-A |
30 hours during school week (U-18), 23 hours during school week (U-16) | No work after 9pm (U-16) | ½ hour meal period for more than 5 hours | Certificate required |
| New Jersey | Stat. Ann.§34:2 |
40-hour week (U-18) | Various times depending on age, business and season | None | None |
| New Mexico | Stat. Ann.§50-6-3 |
44-hour week (U-14) | No work after 9pm (U-14) | None | None |
| New York | Lab. Law §143(1) |
28-hour week during school session (U-18), 16-hour week during school session (U-16) | No overnight shifts, No work after 10pm before school day unless written consent and certificate of satisfactory academic standing (U-18) | 30 minutes for noon day meal for shifts more than 6 hours. | None |
| North Carolina | Gen. Stat. §95-25 |
18 hours during school week (U-16) | No overnight shifts before school day, No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | None | Certificate required |
| North Dakota | Cent. Code §34-07-15 |
No restrictions on minors over 16. 18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period for shifts more than 5 hours | Certificate required (U-16) |
| Ohio | Rev. Code Ann. §4109 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 11pm on school day (U-18), No work after 9pm during school session (U-16) | None | Certificate required during school session |
| Oklahoma | Stat. Ann. tit. 40 §71 |
18 hours during school week (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour rest period for shifts more than 5 hours | Sunday with exemptions |
| Oregon | Rev. Stat. §653. |
44-hour week (U-18) | Special permit required to work night shifts (U-16) | 10 minutes for every 4 hours, meal period within 5 hours | None |
| Pennsylvania | Cons. Stat. Ann. §46-48 |
28 hours during school week (U-18), 18 hours during school week (U-16) | No overnight shifts, no work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | ½ hour meal period for shifts more than 5 hours | None |
| Rhode Island | Gen.Laws §28-3-11 |
48-hour week (U-18), 40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 11:30pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school days (U-16) | None | None |
| South Carolina | Code Regs. §71-3106(b) |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) | No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) | None | None |
| South Dakota | Codified Laws Ann. §60-12-1 |
20-hour week during school session (U-16) | None | None | None |
| Tennessee | Code Ann. §50-5-104 |
18 hours during school week (U-16) | No work after 10pm before school day unless parental consent (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) | 30 minute unpaid meal or rest for every 6 hours | None |
| Texas | Lab. Code Ann. §51.013 |
48-hour week (U-16) | No work after 10pm during school session (U-16) | None | None |
| Utah | Code Ann. §34-23-202 |
40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 9:30pm before school day (U-16) | 10 minute rest period for each 4 hours | None |
| Vermont | Stat. Ann.Tit. 21 §431 |
48-hour week (U-16) | No work after 7pm (U-16) | None | Certificate required during school session (U-16) |
| Virginia | Code Ann. §40-1-84 |
40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 7pm (U-16) | 30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 5 hours | Certificate required (U-16) |
| Washington (Regulated by Dept. of Labor and Industries) |
None | None | None | None | None |
| West Virginia | Code §21-6-7 |
40-hour week (U-16) | No work after 8pm (U-16) | 30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 5 hours | None |
| Wisconsin | Stat. Ann. §103.68 |
Department of Workforce Development can set hours | Department of Workforce Development can set hours | 30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 6 hours | None |
| Wyoming | Stat. Ann. §27-6-110 |
8-hour day (U-16) | No work after 10pm before school day (U-16) | None | None |