It is the purpose of AS 23.10.325 – 23.10.370 to establish protective standards for child labor to the end that their health, morals, education, and future welfare will be protected during the formative years and to the further end that any abuses or unjust exploitation of this labor will be effectively prohibited.
(a) AS 23.10.325 – 23.10.370 do not prohibit employment of a child under the direct supervision of a parent in a business owned and operated by the parent or the work of a child on a boat owned and operated by the parent of the child. (b) Notwithstanding AS 23.10.335 – 23.10.350, a minor of […]
(a) Except for employment exempted under AS 23.10.330 and other employment specifically exempted by regulations adopted by the department, a minor under 17 years of age may not be employed or allowed to work without the written authorization of the commissioner unless authorized under AS 23.10.360 or under (c) of this section. (b) The department […]
A minor under 14 years of age may not be employed or allowed to work in an occupation outside school hours except in domestic employment, baby-sitting, and handiwork in and about private homes; newspaper delivery or sales; or canneries in warehouse work casing cans under competent supervision.
(a) A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed for more than a combined total of nine hours school attendance and employment in one day. If employed, the minor’s work may be performed only between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. Employment outside school hours may not exceed 23 hours in one week, […]
(a) A minor under 18 years of age may not be employed or allowed to work (1) more than six days a week; (2) in hazardous excavation, or underground in mines, or as hoisting engineer in mines; or (3) in an occupation dangerous to life or limb or injurious to the health of the minor. […]
A person under 21 may not be employed or allowed to sell or serve alcoholic beverages or to work on a licensed premises, except as provided in AS 04.16.049.
(a) The department may, from time to time after public notice and hearing, adopt regulations and issue orders establishing minimum standards for safety, working conditions, kind and extent of work in various phases of the respective fields of employment, maximum hours for the day and week, and minimum rates of pay, and other reasonable safeguards […]
The department shall enforce AS 23.10.325 – 23.10.370.
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person who violates a provision of AS 23.10.325 – 23.10.370 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both. (b) A person who employs […]
