Child Labor Laws 

NYS Employment of Minors Youth Rules Federal Site Labor Law Self Assessments Federal and State Labor Law Comparisons

Safety Training and Supervision Statement from WECA Labor Laws and CTE courses.

Work Based Learning Impacts CTE WECA's Three Points

Employment Quiz -  click here.                 Quiz with answers, click here.

NYS Department of Motor Vehicles

New Junior Driver's License information as of 9/1/03

 Federal – US Department of Labor – Definition of Student Learner 

US DEPT OF LABOR Part III WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION –Employment of Student Learners, Apprentices, Learners, Messenger, and Student Workers, final rule issued Tuesday, December 9, 1997 defines student learners.

Student learner means a student who is at least 16 years of age, or at least 18 years of age, if employed in an occupation which the secretary has declared to be particularly hazardous, who is receiving instruction in an accredited school, college, or university, and who is employed by an establishment on a part-time basis, pursuant to a bonafide vocational training program.  

Federal – US Department of Labor -  Hazardous Occupations (from the Internet)

Hazardous Occupations

18 is the minimum age for employment in non-agricultural occupations declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor. The rules prohibiting working in hazardous occupations (HO) apply either on an industry basis, or on an occupational basis no matter what industry the job is in. Parents employing their own children are subject to these same rules. Some of these hazardous occupations have definitive exemptions. In addition, limited apprentice/student-learner exemptions apply to those occupations marked with an *.

These rules prohibit work in, or with the following: