STATE OF ILLINOIS AND FEDERAL CHILD LABOR LAWS
ILLINOIS CHILD LABOR LAWS:
The Illinois Child Labor Law (820 ILCS 205/1 et seq.) regulates the employment of minors under the age of 16 years and requires all minors to have employment certificates.
Hour Restrictions:
When school is in session, children 14 and 15 years of age may work: Up to 3 hours per day; Up to 24 hours per week; and The combined hours of school and work may not exceed 8 hours per day; When school is NOT in session (including summer vacations, holidays and weekends), children under the age of 16 may NOT work: More than 8 hours per day; More than 6 days per week; nor More than 48 hours per week; Allowed hours of work are 7am to 7pm except between June 1st and Labor Day, when working hours may be extended to 9pm; A scheduled meal period of at least 30 minutes shall be provided no later than the 5th consecutive hour of work.
Hazardous Occupations:
In, about or in conjunction with any public messenger or delivery service, bowling alley, pool room, billiard room, skating rink (except an ice skating rink owned and operated by a school or unit of local government); exhibition park or place of amusement, garage or as a bell boy in any hotel or rooming house or about or in connection with power-driver machinery.
In any place or establishment in which intoxicating alcoholic liquors are served or sold for consumption on the premises, or in which such liquors are manufactured or bottled; except as follows:
busboy and kitchen employment, not otherwise prohibited, when in connection with the service of meals at any private club, fraternal organization or veteran’s organization shall not be prohibited by this subsection;
this subsection 13 does not apply to employment that is performed on property owned or operated by a park district, as defined in subsection (a) of Section 1-3 of the Park District Code, if the employment is not otherwise prohibited by law;
**The above is not all-inclusive. For more information contact Illinois Department of Labor, 160 N. La Salle, C-1300, Chicago, IL 60601, 312-793-2804**
FEDERAL CHILD LABOR LAW:
§570.31 Secretary's determinations concerning the employment of minors 14 and 15 years of age. The employment of minors between 14 and 16 years of age in the occupations, for the periods, and under the conditions specified in §570.34 and §570.35, does not interfere with their schooling or with their health and well-being and shall not be deemed to be oppressive child labor.
§570.32 Effect of this subpart. This subpart concerns the employment of youth between 14 and 16 years of age in nonagricultural occupations; standards for the employment of minors in agricultural occupations are detailed in subpart E-1. The employment (including suffering or permitting to work) by an employer of minors 14 and 15 years of age in occupations detailed in §570.34, for the periods and under the conditions specified in §570.35, shall not be deemed to be oppressive child labor within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended. Employment that is not specifically permitted is prohibited.
§570.33 Occupations that are prohibited to minors 14 and 15 years of age. The following occupations, which is not an exhaustive list, constitute oppressive child labor within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act when performed by minors who are 14 and 15 years of age:
(a) Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations, including occupations requiring the performance of any duties in work rooms or work places where goods are manufactured, mined or otherwise processed, except as permitted in §570.34 of this subpart.
(b) Occupations that the Secretary of Labor may, pursuant to section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, find and declare to be hazardous for the employment of minors between 16 and 18 years of age or detrimental to their health or well-being.
(c) Occupations that involve operating, tending, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing hoisting apparatus.
(d) Work performed in or about boiler or engine rooms or in connection with the maintenance or repair of the establishment, machines, or equipment.
(e) Occupations that involve operating, tending, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing any power-driven machinery, including but not limited to lawn mowers, golf carts, all-terrain vehicles, trimmers, cutters, weed-eaters, edgers, food slicers, food grinders, food choppers, food processors, food cutters, and food mixers. Youth 14 and 15 years of age may, however, operate office equipment pursuant to §570.34(a) and vacuum cleaners and floor waxers pursuant to §570.34(h).
(f) The operation of motor vehicles; the service as helpers on such vehicles except those tasks permitted by §570.34(k); and the riding on a motor vehicle, inside or outside of an enclosed passenger compartment, except as permitted by §570.34(o).
(g) Outside window washing that involves working from window sills, and all work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds, or their substitutes.
(h) All baking and cooking activities except that cooking which is permitted by §570.34(c).
(i) Work in freezers and meat coolers and all work in the preparation of meats for sale except as permitted by §570.34(j). This section, however, does not prohibit the employment of 14- and 15-year-olds whose duties require them to occasionally enter freezers only momentarily to retrieve items as permitted by §570.34(i).
(j) Youth peddling, which entails the selling of goods or services to customers at locations other than the youth-employer's establishment, such as the customers' residences or places of business, or public places such as street corners and public transportation stations.(k) Loading and unloading of goods or property onto or from motor vehicles, railroad cars, or conveyors, except the loading and unloading of personal non-power-driven hand tools, personal protective equipment, and personal items to and from motor vehicles as permitted by §570.34(k).
(l) Catching and cooping of poultry in preparation for transport or for market.
(m) Public messenger service.
(n) Occupations in connection with: Transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means; Warehousing and storage; Communications and public utilities;
(4) Construction (including demolition and repair); except such office work (including ticket office) or sales work in connection with paragraphs (n)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section, as does not involve the performance of any duties on trains, motor vehicles, aircraft, vessels, or other media of transportation or at the actual site of construction operations.
§570.35 Hours of work and conditions of employment permitted for minors 14 and 15 years of age.
(a) Hours standards. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, employment in any of the permissible occupations to which this subpart is applicable shall be confined to the following periods: Outside of school hours; Not more than 40 hours in any 1 week when school is not in session; Not more than 18 hours in any 1 week when school is in session; Not more than 8 hours in any 1 day when school is not in session; Not more than 3 hours in any 1 day when school is in session, including Fridays; Between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on any 1 day, except during the summer (June 1 through Labor Day) when the evening hour will be 9 p.m.
**The above is not all-inclusive. For additional information, contact any office of the US Department of Labor, Wage - Hour Division.**
