2025 Code of Georgia
Title 39 - Minors (Chs. 1 — 6)
Chapter 2 - Regulation of Employment of Minors (§§ 39-2-1 — 39-2-21)
§ 39-2-4. Employment during school hours
No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation during the hours when public or private schools are in session unless said minor has completed senior high school or has been excused from attendance in school by a county or independent school system board of education in accordance with the general policies and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
History
Ga. L. 1946, p. 67, § 6.
Annotations
Opinion Notes
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Obligation of employer to question prospective employee. —Under the provisions of this law, an employer must ask a prospective employee whether the employee is 16 years of age, and whether the employee has graduated from school. 1958-59 Ga. Op. Att'y Gen. 23.
Married minors not exempt. —Fifteen-year-old married minors are not exempt from the prohibitions relating to hours of work in conjunction with school attendance contained in O.C.G.A. §§ 39-2-3 and 39-2-4, although local boards of education may excuse such minors from school attendance on an individual basis if in accordance with the policies and regulations of the State Board of Education. 1986 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 86-5.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Compulsory education for children between ages six and 16, § 20-2-690.1.
Law reviews.For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).
Hierarchy Notes:O.C.G.A. Title 39
O.C.G.A. Title 39, Ch. 2
