What's the legal working age?

Whats the working age at bruams?

• Answer:

  Braum's probably doesn't have anything beyond the normal Texas Labor Laws. SUMMARY OF THE TEXAS CHILD LABOR LAW CHAPTER 51 - TEXAS LABOR CODE General The purpose of the Texas Child Labor Law is to ensure that a child is not employed in an occupation or manner that is detrimental to the child's safety, health, or well-being. Except as specifically authorized by the statute, it is illegal to employ a child under 14 years of age. One of the principal exemptions in the statute allows the Texas Workforce Commission (Commission) to adopt rules which authorize the employment of children under 14 years of age as performers in a motion picture or a theatrical, radio, or television production. Pursuant to that authority, the Commission has adopted Texas Commission Rules Section §817.31, §817.32 and §817.33 which set out the procedures for authorization of work by a child actor. These rules also contain provisions designed to ensure that employment does not interfere with a child's education and does not pose a threat to the child's health, safety, or general well-being. The Commission or its designee may, during working hours, inspect a place of business where there is good reason to believe a child is or has been employed within the last two years and collect information about the employment of children there. Knowingly or intentionally hindering such an investigation is a violation of the law. Definitions In this chapter: 1. "Child" means an individual under 18 years of age. 2. "Commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission 3. "Delivery of newspapers" means the distribution of newspapers on or the maintenance of a newspaper route. The term does not include direct sales of newspapers to the general public. General Exemptions This chapter does not apply to employment of a child: 1. employed: 1. in a non-hazardous occupation; 2. under the direct supervision of the child's parent or an adult having custody of the child; and 3. in a business or enterprise owned or operated by the parent or custodian. 2. 11 years or older engaged in delivery of newspapers to the consumer; 3. participating in a school-supervised and school-administered work-study program approved by the Commission; 4. employed in agriculture during a period when the child is not legally required to be attending school; 5. employed through a rehabilitation program supervised by a county judge; 6. engaged in non-hazardous casual employment that will not endanger the safety, health, or well-being of the child and to which the parent or adult having custody of the child has consented; or 7. 16 years or older engaged in the direct sale of newspapers to the general public. In this section, "employment in agriculture" means engaged in producing crops or livestock and includes: 1. cultivating and tilling the soil; 2. producing, cultivating, growing, and harvesting an agricultural or horticultural commodity; 3. dairying; and 4. raising livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry. For the purposes of general exemption No. 6, the Commission by rule may define non-hazardous casual employment that the Commission determines is dangerous to the safety, health, or well-being of a child. Effective September 1, 2007, the state child labor law was amended by adding general exemption No. 7, which permits minors 16 or older to sell newspapers directly to the general public. Hours of Employment under State and Federal Law Texas State Law: A child 14 or 15 years of age may not work more than eight hours in one day or more than 48 hours in one week. A child who is 14 or 15 years of age and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school may not work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day or between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day. A child who is 14 or 15 years of age and is not enrolled in summer school may not work between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day that school is recessed for the summer. Federal Law: Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) a child 14 or 15 years of age may not work during school hours, may not work more than three hours on a school day or 18 hours during a school week, and may not work more than eight hours on a non-school day or 40 hours during a non-school week. Furthermore, a child 14 or 15 years of age may work only between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. during the school year. Between June 1 and Labor Day, a child may work between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. A child 16 or 17 years of age have no restrictions on the number of hours or times of day they may work.