Prohibited occupations for 14 & 15 years of age         

Don¡¯t break the law! The jobs and hours worked by young persons, 14 to 18 years of age are restricted under Federal and state laws. Check your state laws before getting your summer job.

This subpart shall apply to all occupations other than the following:

(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;(b) Occupations which involve the operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery other than office machines;
(c) The operation of motor vehicles or service as helpers on such vehicles;
(d) Public messenger service;
(e) Occupations which the Secretary of Labor may, pursuant to section 3(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Reorganization Plan No. 2, issued pursuant to the Reorganization Act of 1945, 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;
(f) Occupations in connection with:(1) Transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means;
(2) Warehousing and storage;(3) Communications and public utilities;(4) Construction (including demolition and repair);except such office (including ticket office) work, or sales work, in connection with paragraphs (f)(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.