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450.021 – Minimum age; general.

450.021 Minimum age; general.— (1) Minors of any age may be employed: (a) As pages in the Florida Legislature. (b) By the entertainment industry as prescribed in ss. 450.012 and 450.132. (c) In domestic or farm work in connection with their own homes or the farm or ranch on which they live, or directly for their own parents or guardian, […]

450.045 – Proof of identity and age; posting of notices.

450.045 Proof of identity and age; posting of notices.— (1) Any person who hires, employs, or suffers to work any child shall, in addition to the limitations provided in this part, first obtain and keep on record during the entire period of such employment proof of the child’s age. This requirement shall be satisfied by: (a) A photocopy […]

450.061 – Hazardous occupations prohibited; exemptions.

450.061 Hazardous occupations prohibited; exemptions.— (1) No minor 15 years of age or younger, whether or not such person’s disabilities of nonage have been removed by marriage or otherwise, shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any of the following occupations: (a) In connection with power-driven machinery, except power mowers with cutting blades 40 inches […]

450.081 – Hours of work in certain occupations.

450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations.— (1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger shall not be employed, permitted, or suffered to work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when school is scheduled the following day or for more than 15 hours in any one week. On any school day, minors 15 years of age […]

450.095 – Waivers.

450.095 Waivers.—In extenuating circumstances when it clearly appears to be in the best interest of the child, the department may grant a waiver of the restrictions imposed by the Child Labor Law on the employment of a child. Such waivers shall be granted upon a case-by-case basis and shall be based upon such factors as the […]

450.121 – Enforcement of Child Labor Law.

450.121 Enforcement of Child Labor Law.— (1) The department shall administer this chapter. It shall employ such help as is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Other agencies of the state may cooperate with the department in the administration and enforcement of this part. To accomplish this joint, cooperative effort, the department may enter into […]

450.132 – Employment of children by the entertainment industry; rules; procedures.

450.132 Employment of children by the entertainment industry; rules; procedures.— (1) Children within the protection of our child labor statutes may, notwithstanding such statutes, be employed by the entertainment industry in the production of motion pictures, legitimate plays, television shows, still photography, recording, publicity, musical and live performances, circuses, and rodeos, in any work not determined by […]

450.141 – Employing minor children in violation of law; penalties.

450.141 Employing minor children in violation of law; penalties.— (1) Whoever violates any provisions of this law, or employs or permits or suffers any minor to be employed or to work in violation of this law, or of any order issued under the provisions of this law, or obstructs persons authorized under this law in the inspection […]

450.151 – Hiring and employing; infliction of pain or suffering; penalty.

450.151 Hiring and employing; infliction of pain or suffering; penalty.—Any person who takes, receives, hires, employs, uses, exhibits, or, in any manner or under any pretense, causes or permits any child less than 18 years of age to suffer; who inflicts upon any such child unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering; who willfully causes or permits […]

450.155 – Funding of the Child Labor Law program.

450.155 Funding of the Child Labor Law program.— (1) Child Labor Law program appropriations made by the Legislature shall be used to carry out the proper responsibilities of administering the Child Labor Law, to protect the working youth of the state, and to provide education about the Child Labor Law to employers, public school employees, the general […]