HIRING IOWA TEENS: State of Iowa Child Labor Laws Jim Harris Diana Norman Investigators 1
Child Labor Laws Work permit requirements Minimum age for employment Time the minor may work (hours, times of year) Total hours the minor may work Types of jobs the minor can and can’t perform 2
Work Permits 14 and 15 year olds Minor and parent signs (if child under 16) Employer fills out employer portion of form Employer examines and copies minor’s proof of age Employer submits copy of work permit to Iowa Division of Labor Do not submit the minor’s proof of age to the Division of Labor 3
Work Permits 14 and 15 year olds Applies to minors ages 14 or 15 Youth ages 10 through 15 need a work permit to deliver shoppers or perform any other “street occupation” including door-to-door selling Ages 12 through 16 doing migrant labor must obtain a work permit 4
Proof of Minor’s Age The minor must provide identification to prove his/her age Acceptable proof includes: Certified birth certificate Department of Transportation issued drivers permit Certified baptismal record Current passport Federal government issued identification such as resident alien card or VISA Physician’s certificate (certify child is age 14 or older) 5
Iowa Child Labor Application/ Work Permit Frequent Problems Missing or no signatures (employer, minor or parent) Incomplete or missing information Proof of minor’s age not indicated Not submitted within 3 days of minor starting work Minor’s starting date not provided 6
PENALTIES Employer and parent/guardian can be found guilty of a serious misdemeanor Employer may be charged civil penalties up to $10,000 per child per violation 7
Hours 14/15 year olds may work Outside school hours Between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. the day after Labor Day through May 31 Between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. from June 1 through Labor Day Home-school children subject to same hours 8
Hours: 14/15 year olds May not work more than 4 hours daily on school days No more than 28 hours during a school week No more than 8 hours a day during vacation, weekends, holidays No more than 40 hours a week during June 1 through Labor Day, or when school is not in session 9
Definitions - Both School Day: any day school is in session Non-school Day: any day school not in session School Week: any week school is in session, even if it was in session for only one school day 10
What 14/15 years olds can do Iowa law limits employment of 14 and 15 year old minors to certain occupations which do not interfere with their education, health and well-being 11
14 years of age or older may: Pack fresh fruits, vegetables in retail, or ag setting, but not in processing setting Answer phones, take messages in telephone answering service Caddy on a golf course (no operating the golf cart) Sell gas, oil or wash, polish cars at service station (must be 16 or over to run power washers) Do office, clerical work Manual maintenance of grounds (must be 16 or over to use power lawn mower, weed eater, leaf blower, etc.) 12
Permitted Occupations-14 years of age or older Retail, food service and gasoline service establishments Office and clerical work, including operation of office machines Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising departments, window trimming and comparative shopping Price marking and tagging by hand or machine, assembling orders, packing and shelving Bagging and carrying out customer’s orders Errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle or public transportation 13
Permitted Occupations-14 years of age or older Clean-up work, including the use of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers and maintenance of grounds Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including the operation of machines and devices used in the performance of such work, including but not limited to dishwashers, toasters, dumb-waiters, popcorn poppers, milk shake blenders and coffee grinders 14
Permitted Occupations-14 years of age or older Work in connection with motor vehicles if confined to the following: Dispensing gas and oil Courtesy service Car cleaning, washing and polishing No work involving the use of pits, racks or lifting apparatus or involving the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable retaining ring 15
Permitted Occupations-14 years of age or older Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing and stocking goods when performed in areas physically separate from areas where meat is prepared, for sale and outside freezers and meat coolers 16
Occupations not permitted for 14 and 15 year olds Any manufacturing occupation Any mining occupation Processing operations, except in a retail, food service or gasoline service establishment Occupations requiring the performance of any duties in workrooms or work places where goods are manufactured, mined or otherwise processed, except in retail, food service or gasoline service establishment 17
Occupations not permitted for 14 and 15 year olds Public messenger service Operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery, other than office machines and machines in retail, food service and gasoline service establishments 18
Occupations not permitted for 14 and 15 year olds Occupations in connection with the following, except office or sales work, not performed on transportation media or at the actual construction site: Transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, on water, pipeline or other means Warehousing and storage Communications and public utilities Construction, including repair 19
Occupations not permitted for 14 and 15 year olds Any of the following occupations in a retail, food service or gasoline establishment: Work performed in or about boiler or engine rooms Work in connection with maintenance or repair of the establishment, machines or equipment Outside window washing that involves working from window sills, and all work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds or their substitutes 20
Occupations not permitted for 14 and 15 year olds Cooking, except at soda fountains, lunch counters, snack bars, or cafeteria serving counters and baking Occupations which involve operating, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling or repairing power driven food slicers and grinders, food choppers and cutters and bakery-type mixers 21
Occupations not permitted for 14 and 15 year olds Work in freezers and meat coolers and all work in preparation of meats for sale, except wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing and stocking when performed in other areas Loading and unloading goods to and from trucks, railroad cars or conveyors All occupations in warehouses except office and clerical work 22
Occupations not permitted for 14 and 15 year olds Laundering, except for the use of a washing machine which has a capacity of less then ten cubic feet and which is designed to reach an internal temperature which does not exceed two hundred twelve degrees Fahrenheit **Note** This will be effective 7/1/2017 per new legislation 23
Dangerous Chemicals Under Iowa Code § 92.8(19), minors may not be exposed to dangerous or poisonous chemicals. Those would include any chemicals that have a Safety Data Sheet or Material Safety Data Sheet that refer to any personal protective equipment 24
Under Eighteen-Prohibited Occupations Working around places that make or store explosives Motor vehicle driver and helper Logging, operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, cooperage-stock mill Operating power-driven woodworking machines Working where exposed to radioactive substances, or to ionizing radiations Operating elevators or other power-driven hoisting apparatus Operating power-driven metal forming, punching, shearing machines 25
Under Eighteen-Prohibited Occupations Mining Work in slaughtering and meatpacking establishments and rendering plants Operation of operating certain power-driven bakery machines Operation of certain power-driven paper product machines Manufacture of brick, tile and related products Operation of circular saws, band saws and guillotine shears 26
Under Eighteen-Prohibited Occupations Wrecking, demolition, or ship breaking operations Roofing operations Excavation occupations In or about foundries; office, shipping and assembly type jobs are not prohibited Operation of laundry, dry cleaning or dyeing machinery ** Note ** Laundry will be permitted 7/1/2017 due to new legislation 27
Under Eighteen-Prohibited Occupations Working where exposed to lead fumes or its compounds, or to dangerous or poisonous dyes or chemicals Work that involves the transmission or delivery of goods between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. 28
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