CHAPTER 7. Employment of Minors [49100. - 49200.]

Chapter 7 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 49100–49200 · 35 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Employment and Attendance §§ 49100–49101 · 2 sections

   • § 49100 No minor having a permit to work and no minor under 18 years of age, who is otherwise required by law to attend school, shall be out of school and unemployed…
   • § 49101 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any minor who has been graduated from a high school maintaining a four-year course above the eighth grade of…
2. ARTICLE 2. Permits to Work §§ 49110–49120 · 13 sections

   • § 49110 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that school district, charter school, and private school personnel responsible for issuing work permits to pupils have…
   • § 49110.1 The superintendent of any school district may designate the principal or other person having charge of a private school within the district, in which pupils…
   • § 49110.5 (a) The week of each year that includes April 28 shall be known as “Workplace Readiness Week.” All public high schools, including charter schools, shall…
   • § 49111 A permit to work may be issued to any minor over the age of 12 years and under the age of 18 years to be employed on a regular school holiday, during the…
   • § 49112 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a permit to work may be issued to a minor who has completed the equivalent of the 7th grade in a public…
   • § 49113 A permit to work may be issued to a minor who is under the age of 18 years and over the age of 14 years who is regularly enrolled in a high school or community…
   • § 49114 The person authorized to issue permits to work or to employ may issue to any minor a certificate of age when the minor accompanied by his parent, guardian, or…
   • § 49115 The permit to employ shall contain: (a) The name, age, birth date, address and phone number of the minor. (b) The place and hours of compulsory part-time…
   • § 49116 (a) While school is in session, an employer shall not employ a minor 14 or 15 years of age for more than three hours in any day, nor more than 18 hours in any…
   • § 49117 All permits to work or to employ, all certificates of age, and certificates of health pursuant to this chapter, shall be issued on forms prepared and provided…
   • § 49118 Permits to work issued during the school year shall expire five days after the opening of the next succeeding school year.
   • § 49119 Nothing in this article shall require a minor to obtain a permit to work in order for such minor to participate in horseback riding exhibitions, contests or…
   • § 49120 A work permit shall not be denied on the basis of a pupil’s grades, grade point average, or school attendance if the pupil is applying for the work permit in…
3. ARTICLE 3. Permits to Work Full Time §§ 49130–49135 · 6 sections

   • § 49130 A permit to work full time may be issued to a minor under the age of 16 years and over the age of 14 years who holds a diploma of graduation from the…
   • § 49131 Notwithstanding Section 49130, 49132, or 49134 or subdivision (d) of Section 49133, a permit to work full time may be issued to a minor over the age of 16 and…
   • § 49132 (a) A permit shall not be issued until the minor accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian appears before the person authorized to issue the permit and…
   • § 49133 No permit shall be issued until the issuing authority has received, examined, approved, and filed, the following papers duly executed: (a) The school record of…
   • § 49134 The parent, guardian, or custodian accompanying the minor shall make oath that his statement of the name, address, birthplace, and age of the minor as entered…
   • § 49135 The authority issuing any permit to work full time shall immediately notify, in writing, the person in charge of the organization and maintenance of part-time…
4. ARTICLE 4. Exceptions §§ 49140–49141 · 2 sections

   • § 49140 Every owner, tenant, or operator of a farm employing thereon as agricultural labor any parent or guardian having minor children in his immediate care and…
   • § 49141 In order that children may be disciplined and trained in habits of work and industry by their parents, guardians, or other persons standing in the place of…
5. ARTICLE 5. Compliance § 49151 · 1 section

   • § 49151 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal or in any way modify the provisions of Sections 1298, 1390, 1394, 1396, and 1397 of the Labor Code.
6. ARTICLE 6. Duties of Employer §§ 49160–49165 · 6 sections

   • § 49160 No person, firm or corporation shall employ, suffer, or permit any minor under the age of 18 years to work in or in connection with any establishment or…
   • § 49161 Every person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of a firm or corporation, employing minors under the age of 18 years shall keep on file all permits to…
   • § 49162 The employer of any minor subject to this chapter shall send to the officer authorized to issue the permit to work a written notification of intent to employ a…
   • § 49163 The notification of intent to employ a minor shall contain: (a) The name, address, phone number, and social security number of the minor. (b) The name,…
   • § 49164 Permits to work and to employ and certificates of age shall always be open to inspection by supervisors of attendance, probation officers, designees of the…
   • § 49165 Nothing in this article shall require a person to obtain a permit to employ in order for a minor to participate in horseback riding exhibitions, contests or…
7. ARTICLE 7. Violations §§ 49180–49183 · 4 sections

   • § 49180 If upon inspection or investigation a supervisor of attendance, probation officer, or officer of the Superintendent determines that a person is in violation of…
   • § 49181 Failure to produce a permit to work is prima facie evidence of the illegal employment of any minor whose permit to work is not produced.
   • § 49182 Any person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of a firm or corporation, that violates or omits to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or…
   • § 49183 Every person authorized to sign any certificate of age or any permit to work or to employ which allows employment of any minor during or outside school hours,…
8. ARTICLE 8. Permit to Work during Extended Emergency School Closure § 49200 · 1 section

   • § 49200 (a) Documentation required pursuant to this chapter, including signatures, may be collected electronically during an extended school closure due to a natural…