Maine § 26 §774 Hours of employment

Maine Statutes

§ 26 §774 — Hours of employment

Maine § 26 §774

Title 26LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Ch. 7EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 26, § 26 §774 (2026).

Text

1.Minors 16 and 17 years of age. A minor 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age, enrolled in school, may not be employed as follows:

2.Minors under 16 years of age. A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed as follows:

3.Employment during hours school in session. A minor under 17 years of age may not be employed during the hours that the public schools of the town or city in which the minor resides are in session.

4.Exemptions. Work performed in the planting, cultivating or harvesting of field crops or other agricultural employment, including the initial processing of farm crops, not in direct contact with hazardous machinery or hazardous substances, work performed as an employed or in-training theatrical actor or film actor or work performed as a summer camp employ

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1.
Minors 16 and 17 years of age.
A minor 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age, enrolled in school, may not be employed as follows:
2.
Minors under 16 years of age.
A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed as follows:
3.
Employment during hours school in session.
A minor under 17 years of age may not be employed during the hours that the public schools of the town or city in which the minor resides are in session.
4.
Exemptions.
Work performed in the planting, cultivating or harvesting of field crops or other agricultural employment, including the initial processing of farm crops, not in direct contact with hazardous machinery or hazardous substances, work performed as an employed or in-training theatrical actor or film actor or work performed as a summer camp employee in a youth camp licensed under Title 22, section 2495 is exempt from this section, provided a minor under 16 years of age has been excused by the local superintendent of schools in accordance with the policy established by the Commissioner of Education and the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards. Work performed in the taking or catching of lobsters, fish or other marine organisms by any methods or means, or in the operating of ferries or excursion boats, is exempt from subsection 1, paragraphs A and C.
5.
Application.
This section does not apply to a person who holds a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate issued pursuant to Title 20‑A, section 257 or to a minor emancipated pursuant to Title 15, section 3506‑A.
6.
In session.
School is considered in session if the students are required to be in attendance by the school board pursuant to Title 20‑A, chapter 211.
7.
Record of work hours of minors.
Every employer shall keep a time book or record for every minor employed in any occupation, except household work or the planting, cultivating or harvesting of field crops or other agricultural employment not in direct contact with hazardous machinery or hazardous substances, stating the number of hours worked by each minor on each day of the week. The time book or record must be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the director, a deputy of the director or any authorized agent of the bureau. An employer who fails to keep the time book or record required by this subsection or who makes any false entry to the time book or record, refuses to exhibit the time book or record or makes any false statement to the director, a deputy of the director or any authorized agent of the bureau in reply to any question in carrying out this section is liable for a violation of this section and is subject to penalties specified in section 781.

Legislative History

PL 1971, c. 620, §13 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 571, §59 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 59, §3 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 468, §3 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 310 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 700, §A102 (AMD). RR 1991, c. 1, §34 (COR). PL 1991, c. 544, §5 (RPR). PL 1991, c. 713, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 434, §§3-5 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 131, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 53, §1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 211, Pt. B, §23 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 174, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 219, §18 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 286, §5 (AMD).