{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"1297","citation":"Lab. Code, § 1297","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200. - 2699.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 4. EMPLOYEES [1171. - 1413.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2/part-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Occupational Privileges and Restrictions [1285. - 1312.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2/part-4/chapter-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1189, Sec. 3.   Effective January 1, 1993.","effective":"1993-01-01","html":"<p>No minor under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted to work as a messenger for any telegraph, telephone, or messenger company, or for the United States government or any of its departments while operating a telegraph, telephone, or messenger service, in the distribution, transmission, or delivery of goods or messages in cities of more than 15,000 inhabitants; nor shall any minor under the age of 18 years be employed, permitted, or suffered to engage in such work before 6 o'clock in the morning or after 9 o'clock in the evening. Nothing in this section shall apply to any minor employed to deliver newspapers to consumers.</p>","text":"No minor under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted to work as a messenger for any telegraph, telephone, or messenger company, or for the United States government or any of its departments while operating a telegraph, telephone, or messenger service, in the distribution, transmission, or delivery of goods or messages in cities of more than 15,000 inhabitants; nor shall any minor under the age of 18 years be employed, permitted, or suffered to engage in such work before 6 o'clock in the morning or after 9 o'clock in the evening. Nothing in this section shall apply to any minor employed to deliver newspapers to consumers.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/occupational-privileges-and-restrictions-1297","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}