2006 New York Code - Hours Of Work For Minors Fourteen And Fifteen Years Of Age.



 
    §  142. Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age. 1.
  When school is in session. When school is in session, no minor  fourteen
  or fifteen years of age shall be employed :
    a. More than three hours on any school day;
    b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;
    c. More than eighteen hours a week;
    d. More than six days a week; or
    e.  After  seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the
  morning.
    2. When school is not in session. When school is not  in  session,  no
  minor fourteen or fifteen years of age shall be employed:
    a. More than eight hours a day;
    b. More than six days a week;
    c. More than forty hours a week; or
    d.  After  seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the
  morning, except (i) between the twenty-first day of June and  Labor  day
  of  the  same  calendar year, when no such minor shall be employed after
  nine o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the  morning;  or
  (ii)   where   such   minor   is  employed  as  a  junior  counselor  or
  counselor-in-training at a camp for children during the months of  June,
  July and August.
    3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
  a minor fourteen or fifteen years of age, who is enrolled when school is
  in  session  in  a  supervised  work  study  program  approved  by   the
  commissioner  of  education, when such program is in session, may not be
  employed:
    a. More than three hours on any school day;
    b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;
    c. More than twenty-three hours a week;
    d. More than six days a week; or
    e. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock  in  the
  morning.
    4.  This  section shall not apply to a newspaper carrier as defined in
  section thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of the education law whose hours
  of work are governed by such section, a farm laborer, a child  performer
  whose  employment  is governed by section 35.01 of the arts and cultural
  affairs law and article four-A of this  chapter,  a  child  model  whose
  employment is governed by section 35.05 of the arts and cultural affairs
  law,  a bridge caddie at a bridge tournament or a baby sitter as defined
  in section one hundred thirty-one of this chapter.

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