The Virginia Code § 40.1-94 establishes the following as legal evidence for age documents: Night work restrictions set limits on the time a minor can legally work. Fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds also face restrictions on the hours available to work. In addition to prohibiting minors from working during school hours, Virginia`s labor laws prohibit employees ages 14 to 15 from working more than 3 hours per school day or 18 hours per school week. The maximum number of working hours increases to 8 per day and 40 per week during the summer and other holiday periods or school closures. In addition, jobs for 14-year-olds and jobs for 15-year-olds in Virginia cannot start before 7:00 a.m. or end after 7:00 p.m. each day. Between 1. However, workers aged fourteen and fifteen may work until 9.00 p.m.
at the latest. There are no restrictions on working hours for minors over 15 years of age. Despite restrictions on working minors, jobs for young people are often easy to find in Virginia. Bowling alleys, restaurants and public swimming pools are ideal places to work for 14- and 15-year-olds, while older minors often find employment in commercial establishments such as hotels, cinemas and retail outlets. Virginia`s labor laws require job seekers under the age of 16 to obtain a work permit before getting a job. Also known as a work certificate, the work permit includes copies for the employer, the school attended by the working miner and DOLI. Underage jobseekers can find the necessary forms either at a local secondary school or on the DOLI website. After verifying the applicant`s age, DOLI sends the employee`s permit directly to the employer. Teens ages 14 and 15 must obtain a labor certificate (work permit) under Virginia law before they can start working. Virginia`s child labor laws are designed to protect the interests of working minors throughout the state, by setting age restrictions and other restrictions on the employment of adolescents. The Ministry of Labour and Industry (DOLI) administers national labour legislation and ensures that employers comply with all legal regulations relating to working age.
For most jobs, the minimum age to work in Virginia starts at 14. However, the DOLI allows minors from the age of 12 to work in certain child-friendly jobs. While anyone above the minimum age for admission to employment may be legally employed, workers under the age of 18 must comply with various guidelines prescribed by the State and intended exclusively for minors. During the school year, youth under the age of 16 can find the necessary documents for their work permit through an administrator in the principal`s office. As soon as they finish school, they teach themselves how to obtain a work permit in the summer. Minors aged 16 and 17 are not required to obtain a work certificate and are allowed to perform many other types of employment. However, they are not allowed to engage in certain particularly dangerous professions. While 16- and 17-year-old workers enjoy the freedom of restrictive working hours, Virginia`s child labor laws restrict the types of occupations minors can perform. Even minors over the legal working age are not allowed to acquire activities in manufacturing, logging or sawmilling, mining, roofing, meat packaging and serving alcoholic beverages. State labor laws also prohibit all employees under the age of 18 from operating heavy machinery or being exposed to hazardous substances on the job.
Jobs requiring workers to drive a motor vehicle are available to minors with certain limitations at the age of 17. Sections 40.1 through 103 of the Virginia Code prohibit an employer from endangering the life or health of a child. This means that an employer cannot put you in a situation that could endanger your life, health or morals, or cause you to be overworked, tormented or cruelly treated. Virginia Code of Hours §40.1-80.1 Youth ages 14 and 15 are limited in the hours they can work. All minors aged 14 and 15 must be given an uninterrupted break of thirty minutes every five consecutive hours of work. Different minimum age requirements apply to these job categories. In addition, there are child labour laws that limit the number of hours young people are allowed to work. In a restaurant where mixed drinks are served, no employee working as a waiter may be under 18 years of age. No bartender can be under the age of 21.
Employees such as bus boys, cooks and kitchen helpers can be of any age. (3 ACC 5-50-50) At the federal level, child labor is regulated by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Minors and students may also be subject to special labor regulations regarding minimum wage, meal and break times during work, etc. In principle, no child under the age of 14 may work. No child under the age of 16 may be employed during school hours unless he or she has attained the age of 14, is enrolled in a regular vocational training programme and has obtained a vocational training certificate for the child`s employment.