<section number="34-23-202"><effdate>5/1/2024</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2024GS">221</modchap>, 2024 General Session</history><modyear>2024</modyear></histories><catchline>Employment of minors under 16 during school hours -- Hours of work limited.</catchline><subsection number="34-23-202(1)">A minor under 16 years old may not be employed or permitted to work during school hours except as authorized by the proper school authorities.</subsection><subsection number="34-23-202(2)">Except as provided in the exemptions described in 29 U.S.C. Sec. 213 and the exceptions described in 29 C.F.R. Sec. 570.35:<subsection number="34-23-202(2)(a)">a minor under 16 years old may not be permitted to work:<subsection number="34-23-202(2)(a)(i)">more than three hours in one school day;</subsection><subsection number="34-23-202(2)(a)(ii)">more than 18 hours in one school week;</subsection><subsection number="34-23-202(2)(a)(iii)">more than eight hours in one calendar day;</subsection><subsection number="34-23-202(2)(a)(iv)">more than 40 hours in one calendar week; or</subsection><subsection number="34-23-202(2)(a)(v)">except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="34-23-202(2)(b)">beginning on June 1 and ending on Labor Day, a minor under 16 years old may work until, but not after, 9:00 p.m.</subsection></subsection></section>