Colorado § 8-12-108 Permissible occupations at age fourteen or older

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-12-108 — Permissible occupations at age fourteen or older

Colorado § 8-12-108

Title 08Labor and

Art.Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-12-108 (2026).

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(1)In addition to the occupations permitted by sections 8-12-106 and 8-12-107, and subject to the limitations of sections 8-12-105 and 8-12-110, any minor fourteen years of age or older shall be permitted employment in any of the following occupations:

(a)Nonhazardous occupations in manufacturing;

(b)Public messenger service and errands by foot, bicycle, and public transportation;

(c)Operation of automatic enclosed freight and passenger elevators;

(d)Janitorial and custodial service, including the operation of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers;

(e)Office work and clerical work, including the operation of office equipment;

(f)Warehousing and storage, including unloading and loading of vehicles;

(g)Nonhazardous construction and nonhazardous repair work. The operation of

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(1) In addition
to the occupations permitted by sections 8-12-106 and 8-12-107, and subject to the
limitations of sections 8-12-105 and 8-12-110, any minor fourteen years of age or
older shall be permitted employment in any of the following occupations:

(a) Nonhazardous occupations in manufacturing;

(b) Public messenger service and errands by foot, bicycle, and public
transportation;

(c) Operation of automatic enclosed freight and passenger elevators;

(d) Janitorial and custodial service, including the operation of vacuum
cleaners and floor waxers;

(e) Office work and clerical work, including the operation of office
equipment;

(f) Warehousing and storage, including unloading and loading of vehicles;

(g) Nonhazardous construction and nonhazardous repair work. The operation
of motor vehicles shall be subject to article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.

(h) Occupations in retail food service;

(i) Occupations in gasoline service establishments, including but not limited
to dispensing gasoline, oil, and other consumer items, courtesy service, car
cleaning, washing, and polishing, the use of hoists where supervised, and changing
tires; except that no minor may inflate or change any tire mounted on a rim
equipped with a removable retaining ring. The operation of motor vehicles shall be
subject to article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.

(j) Occupations in retail stores, including cashiering, selling, modeling, art
work, work in advertising departments, window trimming, price marking by hand or
machine, assembling orders, packing and shelving, or bagging and carrying out
customers' orders;

(k) Occupations in restaurants, hotels, motels, or other public
accommodations, except the operation of power food slicers and grinders;

(l) Occupations related to parks or recreation, including but not limited to
recreation aides and conservation projects;

(m) Any other occupation which is similar to those enumerated in this
subsection (l) and not specifically prohibited by this article.