§ 28-3-11 - Hours of work for children.
SECTION 28-3-11
§ 28-3-11 Hours of work for children.– (a) No children under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permittedor suffered to work more than forty (40) hours in any one week in any businessor mercantile establishment within this state, and in no case shall the hoursof labor exceed eight (8) hours in any one day. No child under eighteen (18)years of age shall be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any factory,manufacturing, mechanical, business, or mercantile establishment within thisstate more than forty-eight (48) hours in any one workweek. In no case shallthe hours of labor exceed nine (9) hours in any calendar day, except whenforty-eight (48) hours are worked in five (5) days, in which case the hours oflabor shall not exceed nine and three-fifths (9 3/5) hours in any calendar day.There shall be an interval (or period of cessation from work) of not less thaneight (8) hours between the ending of the period of work on one calendar dayand the beginning of a period of work on the subsequent consecutive calendarday.
(b) No minor between the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen(18) years of age regularly attending a public or approved private day schoolor institution of higher learning shall be employed or permitted or suffered towork in any factory, manufacturing, mechanical, business, or mercantileestablishment within this state before 6:00 A.M. or after 11:30 P.M. of any oneday preceding a regularly scheduled school day, except that the minor may beemployed or permitted or suffered to work until 1:30 A.M. of any nonregularlyscheduled school day.
(c) Any minor between the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen(18) may be employed during school vacations without limitation as to the totalhours to be worked in a given week or calendar day provided the provisions ofall other applicable federal and state laws and regulations are complied with.This provision applies as long as it continues to be permitted by federal lawand/or regulation.