38-601. Children under 14, employment. No child under fourteen (14) years of age shall be at any time employed at any occupation or trade in any business or service, except as provided by K.S.A. 38-614. History: L. 1917, ch. 227, § 1; R.S. 1923, 38-601; L. 1973, ch. 183, § 1; July 1.
38-602. Children under 18, employment; rules and regulations. No child under eighteen (18) years of age shall be at any time employed in any occupation, trade or business which is in any way dangerous or injurious to the life, health, safety, morals or welfare of such minor. The state labor commissioner is hereby authorized and […]
38-603. Children under 16, employment. (a) No child under sixteen (16) years of age, who is employed in any of the several vocations mentioned in this act, or in the transmission of merchandise or messages, or any hotel, restaurant or mercantile establishment shall be employed before 7 a.m., or after 10 p.m., except on any […]
38-604. Work permit required; exception. That all persons, firms, or corporations employing children under sixteen (16) years of age in any of the vocations mentioned in this act, shall be required to first obtain and keep on file and accessible to any inspector or officer charged with the enforcement of this act, the work permit […]
38-605. Notice of hours of labor. That every employer shall keep posted in a conspicuous place near the principal entrance, in any establishment where children under sixteen years of age are employed, permitted or suffered to work, a notice stating the maximum number of hours such child may be required, or permitted to work, on […]
38-606. Work permits, requirements before issuance. The superintendent of schools or his or her duly authorized representative, or the judge of the district court, shall issue a work permit only after he or she has received, examined, approved, and filed the following papers duly executed, namely: First. A written statement signed by the person for […]
38-607. Contents of permit. That every work permit shall state the name, sex, the date and place of birth, and the place of residence, and describe the color of the hair and eyes, and the height and weight of such child, and shall contain a statement of the proof of age accepted and shall verify […]
38-608. Blanks for permits; duplicates; permit as evidence of age. That the permits provided for under this act shall be issued upon blanks furnished by the state labor commissioner and shall be made out in duplicate; one of such duplicates shall be forthwith returned to the state labor commissioner, by the party issuing the same, […]
38-609. Return of permit on termination of employment. That on the termination of the employment of a child whose work permit is on file, such permit shall be returned by the employer within two days to the official who issued the same; upon receipt of which the official shall transmit the same or a copy […]
38-610. Revocation of permit. That whenever it shall appear to the state labor commissioner that any permit has been improperly or illegally issued or that the physical or moral welfare of such child could be best served by the revocation of such permit, he may forthwith revoke the same, and shall then notify the person […]
38-611. Duties of inspector and county attorney. That it shall be the duty of the state labor commissioner, and his deputies, to inspect the permits and lists hereinabove provided for, to examine children employed in factories, workshops, theaters, elevators, packing houses and mines, and the vocations mentioned in K.S.A. 38-601 and 38-602, as to their […]
38-612. Penalty for unlawful employment. That any person, firm or corporation employing any person or child in violation of any provision of this act, or permitting or conniving at such violation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more […]
38-613. Federal aid, labor commissioner authorized to receive. The state labor commissioner is hereby authorized to receive any federal aid or assistance that is authorized by law to be expended for purposes relating to article 6 of chapter 38 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. History: L. 1973, ch. 183, § 4; July 1.
38-614. Activities not considered employment; performance prohibited, when. For the purposes of article 6 of chapter 38 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, the following shall not be considered employment: (1) Children employed by their parents in nonhazardous occupations; (2) domestic service; (3) casual labor in or around a private home; (4) delivery […]
38-615. Employment of minor child entertainers; definitions. As used in this act: (a) “Artistic or creative services” includes, but is not limited to, services as an actor, actress, dancer, musician, comedian, singer, stunt-person, voice-over artist or other performer or entertainer, or as a song writer, musical producer or arranger, writer, director, producer, production executive, choreographer, […]
38-616. Same; infants, requirements; violations, penalty. (a) No infant under the age of one month may be employed on any motion picture set or location unless a licensed physician and surgeon who is board-certified in pediatrics provides written certification that the infant is at least 15 days old and, in the physician’s medical opinion, the […]
38-617. Same; earnings sole property of minor child. The earnings and accumulations of a minor child related to a contract of a type described in K.S.A. 38-618, and amendments thereto, shall remain the sole legal property of the minor child. History: L. 2000, ch. 174, § 3; July 1.
38-618. Same; contracts affected. This section applies to the following contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2001, between a minor child and any third-party or parties: (a) A contract pursuant to which a person is employed or agrees to render artistic or creative services, either directly or through a third party, including, but […]
38-619. Same; disaffirmance precluded upon judicial approval of contract; approval procedure. (a) A contract, otherwise valid, of a type described in K.S.A. 38-618, and amendments thereto, entered into during one’s minority, cannot be disaffirmed on that ground, either during the minority of the person entering into the contract or at any time thereafter, if the […]
38-620. Same; portion of earnings to be set aside in trust fund or savings plan; appointment of trustee; requirements of trust fund; fiduciary relationship established. (a) A parent or guardian, as the case may be, entitled to the physical custody, care and control of a minor child who enters into a contract of a type […]
