2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 21 - Labor
Chapter 5 - Employment Practices
§ 434. Employment of children under 16 years of age
§ 434. Employment of children under 16 years of age
(a) A child under 16 years of age shall not be employed:
(1) more than eight hours in any day;
(2) more than six days in any week;
(3) earlier than seven o’clock in the morning; or
(4) after seven o’clock at night, except from June 1 through Labor Day, when a child may be permitted to work until nine o’clock at night.
(b) A child under 16 years of age shall not be employed more than three hours on any day that school is in session, and not more than a total of 18 hours during any week that school is in session.
(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, a child employed as an actor or performer in motion pictures, theatrical productions, radio, or television, or employed as a baseball bat person, may be employed until midnight or after midnight if a parent or guardian and the Commissioner of Labor have consented in writing.
(2) The Commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the permissible duties of a baseball bat person.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to employment as a newspaper carrier or work connected with agriculture or domestic service. (Added 1987, No. 4, § 2, eff. March 10, 1987; amended 1987, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1988; 1999, No. 69 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2001, No. 68, § 4; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 97, eff. July 1, 2024.)
