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Hiring Minors

As an employer, the University is very diligent in its role to protect employees of all ages and comply with Federal and State employment laws. When employing individuals under the age of 18 years old there are certain special considerations which hiring managers should understand.

The following are general standards that are designed to protect minors under the age of 18 and prohibit employment in jobs that are detrimental to their education, health and well-being. Before you employ anyone under the age 18, contact Human Resources to make certain of compliance with Child Labor Laws.

Minimum Age for Employment

The minimum age for employment is 14 years old for non-agricultural jobs. There are some exceptions that might allow younger employment such as: newspaper delivery, performing in radio, television, movie, or theatrical productions and work for parents in their solely-owned non-farm business (except in manufacturing or in hazardous jobs).

Hours of Employment

Ages	Maximum hours during school year	Maximum hours during summer	Times allowed during summer (June 1 - Labor Day)	Times allowed during the rest of the year
14-15	3 hours/day 18 hours/week	8 hours/day 40 hours/week	7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.	7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
16-17	8 hours/day 28 hours/week	8 hours/day 44 hours/week	6:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. (except Fri/Sat: until 1:00 a.m.)	6:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
all under 18	no more than 6 days/week		no more than five hours continuously without at least a 30 min. lunch break

Hazardous Employment

There are numerous prohibited jobs for youth under the age of 18 and even more that are prohibited for those under age 16. Listed below are some of the prohibited jobs that may relate to environments at Carnegie Mellon. In general, you should recognize that there may be a prohibition under the Child Labor Laws if the job entails any dangerous activity, any machinery other than typical office equipment, any contact with alcoholic beverages, any driving, or any strenuous physical requirements. An HR Representative can evaluate job position descriptions to determine compliance with child labor standards.

• Manufacturing or storing explosives
• Driving a motor vehicle and being an outside helper on a motor vehicle
• Power-driven wood-working machines
• Exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations
• Power-driven hoisting equipment or scaffolding
• Power-driven metal-forming, punching, and shearing machines
• Power-driven paper-products machines
• Power-driven circular saws, band saws, and guillotine shears
• Wrecking and demolition operations or any heavy trades work
  

Wages

The state and federal minimum wage and overtime requirements apply to our employees who are minors. Please note that the Pennsylvania minimum wage is $7.15 as of July 1, 2007. For work locations not in Pennsylvania, use the federal minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour) or state/local minimum wage, whichever is higher. Overtime pay at a rate of not less than one and one-half times their regular rates of pay is required after 40 hours of work in a work week.

Employment Certificates

No person under the age of 18 (except summer camp counselors or early academic graduates) should be employed without a general or vacation employment certificate. Employment certificates are issued by school authorities and, except for transferable work permits, must be kept on file by the employer. The purpose of the certificate is proof that the minor is of a particular age. The original copy of the work permit must be forward to the Payroll Services prior to employment.

For more information contact the

Pittsburgh Board of Education
Pittsbrgh PBLC SCHLS
341 S Bellefield Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 622-3615

From 6-7-02 Child Labor Guidelines 

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For more information:

• OSHA Teen Workers Page - Occupational Safety and Health Act page for the protection of minors
• Child Labor Laws - from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry webpage
• YouthRules! - a US Dept of Labor site about teen employment, with information geared toward teens, their parents, educators and employers.
• Child Labor 101 (.pdf) - from the U.S. Department of Labor

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