|
State |
Citation |
Maximum Hours |
Night Hours |
Meal/Rest |
Permits |
|
Alabama
|
Code
§25-8 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No overnight shifts before school day |
None |
None |
|
Alaska
|
Stat.
§23.10.332 |
None |
None |
None |
Written consent from parent or guardian |
|
Arizona
|
Rev. Stat. Ann.
§23-233 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No overnight shifts before school day |
None |
None |
|
Arkansas
|
Code Ann.
§11-4 |
54-hour week (U-18), 48-hour week (U-16) |
No limitation on overnight shifts before non-school day (U-18), No work after 9pm (U-16) |
None |
Permit required with written consent from parent or guardian (U-16) |
|
California
|
Lab.
Code
§1391 |
48-hour week (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16)
|
No overnight shifts before school day, No work after 12:30am before non-school day (U-18) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours, 10 minute rest period for each 4 hours |
Permit required |
|
Colorado
|
Rev. Stat. Ann.
§8-12-104 |
40-hour week (U-16), |
No overnight shifts before school day |
½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours, 10 minute rest period for each 4 hours |
None |
|
Connecticut |
Gen. Stat.
§31-12 |
None |
No overnight shifts but can work late for certain businesses (U-18) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 7.5 hours |
None |
|
Delaware
|
Code
Ann.
tit. 19
§507 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 7.5 hours |
Employment certificate required
|
|
Florida
|
Stat.
Ann.
§450.081 |
30-hour week during school session (U-18) |
No overnight shifts before school day |
None |
None |
|
Georgia
|
Code
Ann.
§39-2 |
40-hour week during school session (U-16) |
Employment certificate required for night work (U-18) |
Reasonable unpaid break time for employees to breast feed infants |
None |
|
Hawaii
|
Rev.
Stat.
Ann.
§390-2 |
40-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours |
None |
|
Idaho
|
Code
§44-1304 |
54-hour week (U-16)
|
No work after 9pm (U-16) |
None
|
None
|
|
Illinois
|
820 ILCS 205 |
48-hour week (U-16), 3-hour day during school session
|
No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours |
None
|
|
Indiana
|
Code
Ann.
§20-33-3 |
30-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
None |
Certificate required. Can work later and longer with written permission |
|
Iowa
|
Code
Ann.
§92 |
28-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours |
Permit required (U-16) |
|
Kansas
|
Stat.
Ann.
§38-602 |
40-hour week (U-16) |
No work after 10pm before school day (U-16) |
None |
None |
|
Kentucky
|
Rev.
Stat.
Ann.
§339 |
40-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 11:30 pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours |
None |
|
Louisiana
|
Rev. Stat.
Ann.
§23:214 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16)
|
No work after 10pm (U-16) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 5 hours |
None |
|
Maine
|
Rev. Stat.
Ann.
tit. 26
§603 |
20-hour week during school session (U-18), 18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 10pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 6 hours |
None |
|
Maryland
|
Code
Ann.
§3-210 |
23-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 8pm (U-16) |
½ hour break period after no more than 5 hours |
None |
|
Massachusetts
|
Gen. Laws Ann.
ch. 149
§66
|
None |
No work after 10pm during school session (U-18), No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
½ hour meal period after no more than 6 hours |
Permit required (U-16) |
|
Michigan
|
Comp.
Laws Ann.
§409 |
48-hour week (U-16) |
No work after 10:30 pm during school session (U-18), |
½ hour break period after no more than 5 hours |
Permit required |
|
Minnesota
|
Stat.
Ann.
§177.254 |
40-hour week (U-16)
|
No work after 9pm (U-16) |
Unspecified meal break for shifts more than 8 hours |
None
|
|
Mississippi
|
Code
Ann.
§71-1-21 |
44-hour week (U-16)
|
No work after 7pm (U-16) |
None
|
None
|
|
Missouri
|
Ann.
Stat.
§294.03 |
40-hour week (U-16)
|
No work after 7pm (U-16) |
None
|
None
|
|
Montana |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
|
Nebraska
|
Rev.
Stat.
§48.310 |
48-hour week (U-16)
|
No work after 10pm (U-16) |
None |
None |
|
Nevada
|
Rev.
Stat.
§609 |
48-hour week (U-16)
|
None |
½ hour meal period during 8 hour shift |
Permit required (U-14) |
|
New Hampshire
|
Rev.
Stat.
§276-A |
30 hours during school week (U-18), 23 hours during school week (U-16) |
No work after 9pm (U-16) |
½ hour meal period for more than 5 hours |
Certificate required |
|
New Jersey
|
Stat.
Ann.
§34:2 |
40-hour week (U-18) |
Various times depending on age, business and season |
None |
None |
|
New Mexico
|
Stat.
Ann.
§50-6-3 |
44-hour week (U-14) |
No work after 9pm (U-14) |
None |
None |
|
New York |
Lab.
Law
§143(1) |
28-hour week during school session (U-18), 16-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No overnight shifts, No work after 10pm before school day unless written consent and certificate of satisfactory academic standing (U-18) |
30 minutes for noon day meal for shifts more than 6 hours. |
None |
|
North Carolina
|
Gen.
Stat.
§95-25 |
18 hours during school week (U-16) |
No overnight shifts before school day, No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
None |
Certificate required |
|
North Dakota
|
Cent.
Code
§34-07-15 |
No restrictions on minors over 16. 18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
½ hour meal period for shifts more than 5 hours |
Certificate required (U-16) |
|
Ohio
|
Rev.
Code
Ann.
§4109 |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 11pm on school day (U-18), No work after 9pm during school session (U-16) |
None |
Certificate required during school session |
|
Oklahoma
|
Stat.
Ann.
tit. 40
§71 |
18 hours during school week (U-16) |
No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
½ hour rest period for shifts more than 5 hours |
Sunday with exemptions |
|
Oregon
|
Rev.
Stat.
§653. |
44-hour week (U-18) |
Special permit required to work night shifts (U-16) |
10 minutes for every 4 hours, meal period within 5 hours |
None |
|
Pennsylvania
|
Cons.
Stat.
Ann.
§46-48 |
28 hours during school week (U-18), 18 hours during school week (U-16) |
No overnight shifts, no work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
½ hour meal period for shifts more than 5 hours |
None |
|
Rhode Island
|
Gen.
Laws
§28-3-11 |
48-hour week (U-18), 40-hour week (U-16) |
No work after 11:30pm before school day (U-18), No work after 7pm before school days (U-16) |
None |
None |
|
South Carolina
|
Code
Regs.
§71-3106(b) |
18-hour week during school session (U-16) |
No work after 7pm during school session (U-16) |
None |
None |
|
South Dakota
|
Codified Laws Ann.
§60-12-1 |
20-hour week during school session (U-16) |
None |
None |
None |
|
Tennessee
|
Code
Ann.
§50-5-104 |
18 hours during school week (U-16) |
No work after 10pm before school day unless parental consent (U-18), No work after 7pm before school day (U-16) |
30 minute unpaid meal or rest for every 6 hours |
None |
|
Texas
|
Lab.
Code
Ann.
§51.013 |
48-hour week (U-16) |
No work after 10pm during school session (U-16) |
None |
None |
|
Utah
|
Code
Ann.
§34-23-202 |
40-hour week (U-16) |
No work after 9:30pm before school day (U-16) |
10 minute rest period for each 4 hours |
None |
|
Vermont
|
Stat.
Ann.
Tit. 21
§431 |
48-hour week (U-16) |
No work after 7pm (U-16) |
None |
Certificate required during school session (U-16) |
|
Virginia
|
Code
Ann.
§40-1-84 |
40-hour week (U-16) |
No work after 7pm (U-16) |
30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 5 hours |
Certificate required (U-16) |
|
Washington
(Regulated by Dept. of Labor and Industries) |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
|
West Virginia
|
Code
§21-6-7 |
40-hour week (U-16) |
No work after 8pm (U-16) |
30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 5 hours |
None |
|
Wisconsin
|
Stat.
Ann.
§103.68 |
Department of Workforce Development can set hours |
Department of Workforce Development can set hours |
30 minute lunch period for shifts more than 6 hours |
None |
|
Wyoming
|
Stat.
Ann.
§27-6-110 |
8-hour day (U-16) |
No work after 10pm before school day (U-16) |
None |
None |
