Youth Work: Rules (www.youthrules.gov)

Danny is 15 years old and wants to work in the local pizza restaurant after school. What hours can he work in a school day? How many hours can he work in a school week?

• 4 hours, 16 hours for the week
• 2 hours, 17 hours for the week
• 3 hours, 18 hours for the week

Alexis is 16 years old. If she wants a part-time job, are her hours restricted by law?

• Yes
• No

Karson is 14 and is working in an auto parts store. He attended school everyday this week and worked 20 hours. Was this legal? Why or why not?

• Yes. He is NOT restricted by law to hours in a school week
• No. He is restricted by law to no more than 18 hours in school week

Alma is 13 years old and wants to have a babysitting job. Is this legal?

• Yes
• No

Chris is 16 and wants to work for a roofing company during the summer. Can he be legally hired for this job? Why or why not?

• No Job considered hazardous occupation for youth
• Yes. Job is considered NON hazardous. 

Danny Espinoza is 13 and will begin working in her father’s business on weekends. Her father owns a bakery. What types of tasks is she allowed to do? What tasks would she be prohibited?

• Cashier, clerk, some clean up tasks ·  Power driven bakery machine tasks prohibited
• None. This is an illegal job.  

If you are under 14 you are allowed to work at any of these jobs EXCEPT:

• deliver newspapers to customers
• babysit on a casual basis
• Manufacturing brick, tile, and related products
• work for a business owned entirely by your parents as long as it is not in mining, manufacturing

The following jobs are ALL banned to children UNDER 18, EXCEPT:

• Manufacturing or storing of explosives
• Coal mining
• Roofing and work performed on or about a roof
• Babysitting

The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor enforces labor laws regardless of immigration status.

• True
• False

If you are 14 or 15, what retail occupations can you do?

• computer programming, teaching, tutoring, singing, acting, or playing an instrument
• be employed by a messenger service
• work in a kitchen when temperature is above 100°F.
• load or unload safety equipment such as barriers, cones, or signage.