b'Hiring ChildrenWho, What, Why . . . Whodoesitapplyto:Virtuallyallbusinessownershiring(a) explaining the need of the child to work to support himself individuals under the age of 18. or his immediate family; (b) the precise type of work to be done by the child for the employer; and (c) from the childs school What is the minimum age to hire: There is a lot of variation aboutregarding the advisability of letting the child work. the minimum age to hire, and there are different restrictions placed on various age groups: What is considered hazardous work:Again, there are differentAnyage:Farmworkonaparentsownedoroperatedrules for different ages: farm; perform on television, radio, movies, or other theaterAges 14 and 15 (Note the section below): Work that involves productions (with a permit); work for a parents business inmanufacturing, mining, or processing occupations (including a non-hazardous position; and believe it or not, gatheringoccupations requiring the performance of any duties in work and making evergreen wreaths. rooms or workplaces where goods are manufactured, minedAge 11: Delivering (not selling) newspapers. or otherwise processed); cooking; baking; public messenger service; occupations connected with transportation (by rail,Ages 12 and 13:Farm work on someone elses farm withhighway,air,water,pipe,orothermeans);warehousing;a parents consent performed outside of school hours.Thewindowwashing;storage;communications;publicutilities; work may not be hazardous. preparing meat for sale; boiler and engine rooms; maintenanceAges 14 and 15:Farm work in non-hazardous positionsandrepairofabusinessoritsequipment;construction,with the following restraints: (a) outside of school hours; (b)except for office work associated with these business types; no more than 8 hours in a day or 48 hours in a week; andoperating or assisting in the operation of powered machinery (c) no work between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day followedor vehicles other than office equipment; setting up, adjusting, by a school day, or midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that iscleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven food slicers and not. Non-farm work (except sales, solicitation, or work in agrinders,foodchoppers,cutters,andbakery-typemixers; sexually oriented business) which is not hazardous with theworking in freezers or meat coolers; and loading or unloading following restraints: (a) no more than 18 hours in a schoolgoods to and from trucks, railroad cars, or conveyors. Finally, week or 40 hours in a non-school week; (b) no more than 3anything the Department of Labor (DOL) or TWC determines hours on a school day, or 8 hours on any other day; (c) nohazardous in the future.work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m., except between June 1Ages14through17:Workthatinvolvesdrivingunder and Labor Day when work hours are extended to 9 p.m. certainconditions;manufacturingorstoringexplosives; Ages 16 and 17: Any non-hazardous work for unlimitedmining;roofing;excavationoperations;loggingorsaw hours. mills; manufacturing brick, tile or similar products; wrecking, demolition,andship-breaking;firefighting;exposureto Age 18 and older: Any job, whether hazardous or not, forradioactivesubstances;operatingorassistinginthe unlimited hours. operationofhoistingequipment,balers,compactors,or powered woodworking, metal forming, punching, or shearing, What exceptions are available for hardship of the child: A 14- ormeat processing, baking, paper-product, saws, shearing, or 15-year-old child may get a waiver of the restrictions by applyingabrasive cutting machines. And, anything the DOL or TWC with the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The applicationdetermines hazardous in the future. must provide required information, including written statements: 3'