§771. Minors under 14 years of age A minor under 14 years of age may not be employed, permitted or suffered to work in nonagricultural or agricultural employment, except for agricultural employment in the planting, cultivating or harvesting of field crops or other agricultural employment not in direct contact with hazardous machinery or hazardous substances […]
§772. Minors under 18 years of age; hazardous employment 1. Prohibition against certain employment. A minor under 18 years of age may not be employed in any capacity that the director determines to be hazardous, dangerous to life or limbs or injurious to the minor’s health or morals. [PL 2003, c. 59, §1 (NEW).] […]
§773-A. Occupations 1. Minors under 16 years of age. A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, hotel, rooming house, laundry, except a laundry commonly known as an automatic laundry, dry cleaning establishment, bakery, poolroom or […]
§773. Minors under 16; prohibited in certain places (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 238, §2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 401 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 665, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 520, §1 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 434, §2 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 347, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 353, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2001, c. […]
§774. Hours of employment 1. Minors 16 and 17 years of age. A minor 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age, enrolled in school, may not be employed as follows: A. More than 50 hours in any week when the minor’s school is not in session; [PL 2003, […]
§775. Work permits 1. Work permit authority. A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed without a work permit signed by the superintendent of schools of the school administrative unit in which the minor resides and issued to the minor by the bureau. The superintendent may designate a school official to sign […]
§776. — part time and vacation work (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 544, §6 (RP).
§777. Permit formats The blank work permit required by section 775 must be formulated by the director and furnished by appropriate means by the director to the persons authorized to sign work permits. The forms of the permits must be approved by the Office of the Attorney General. Permit forms may be made available by […]
§778. Blank employment certificates prepared; notice when employment terminated (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 620, §13 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 544, §8 (RP).
§779. Record of age received as evidence Any record of age, as provided under section 775 to determine whether or not a work permit may be issued to any child, shall be received as evidence of the age of such child in any prosecution under this subchapter.
§780. Work permit conclusive for employer; documentary evidence of age A work permit in regular form signed by a duly authorized officer, for all minors under 16 years of age, is conclusive evidence of age and educational attainment, in behalf of the employer of any minor, upon any prosecution for violation of the law relating […]
§781. Penalties 1. Strict liability. An employer who employs, permits or suffers any minor to be employed or to work in violation of this article or Title 20‑A, section 5054 is subject to the following forfeiture or civil penalty, payable to the State and recoverable in a civil action: A. For the first violation […]
§782. Parent, guardian or custodian 1. Permitting or allowing child to work. A person who has control over a child as parent, guardian, custodian or otherwise may not permit or allow the child to be employed or to work in violation of this subchapter. [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. O, §2 (NEW); PL 2003, […]
§783. — failure to perform duties of office Whoever, being authorized to issue a work permit, knowingly fails to perform the duties of his office as required by this subchapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50, for each offense.
§784. — certification of false statements Whoever, being authorized to sign the work permit, or whoever, signing any certified copy of a town clerk’s record of birth, or certified copy of a child’s baptismal record or a physician’s certificate, knowingly certifies to any false statement therein shall be punished by a fine of not less […]
§785. Rulemaking The Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards may adopt rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II that are consistent with this subchapter and considered appropriate or necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this subchapter. [PL 1993, c. 434, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 434, §6 […]
§786. Traffic control duties 1. Traffic control duties permitted. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a minor who is 14 years of age or older and is a volunteer participant in a career-oriented law enforcement program may perform traffic control duties in accordance with this section. [PL 2013, c. 142, §2 (NEW).] 2. […]
