New York § 142 Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age

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§ 142 — Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age

New York § 142

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Art. 4Employment of Minors

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N.Y. Labor § 142 (2026).

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  § 142. Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age. 1.\nWhen school is in session. When school is in session, no minor fourteen\nor fifteen years of age shall be employed:\n  a. More than three hours on any school day;\n  b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;\n  c. More than eighteen hours a week;\n  d. More than six days a week; or\n  e. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the\nmorning.\n  2. When school is not in session. When school is not in session, no\nminor fourteen or fifteen years of age shall be employed:\n  a. More than eight hours a day;\n  b. More than six days a week;\n  c. More than forty hours a week; or\n  d. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the\nmorning, except (i) between

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§ 142. Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age. 1.\nWhen school is in session. When school is in session, no minor fourteen\nor fifteen years of age shall be employed:\n a. More than three hours on any school day;\n b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;\n c. More than eighteen hours a week;\n d. More than six days a week; or\n e. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the\nmorning.\n 2. When school is not in session. When school is not in session, no\nminor fourteen or fifteen years of age shall be employed:\n a. More than eight hours a day;\n b. More than six days a week;\n c. More than forty hours a week; or\n d. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the\nmorning, except (i) between the twenty-first day of June and Labor day\nof the same calendar year, when no such minor shall be employed after\nnine o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the morning; or\n(ii) where such minor is employed as a junior counselor or\ncounselor-in-training at a camp for children during the months of June,\nJuly and August.\n 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\na minor fourteen or fifteen years of age, who is enrolled when school is\nin session in a supervised work study program approved by the\ncommissioner of education, when such program is in session, may not be\nemployed:\n a. More than three hours on any school day;\n b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;\n c. More than twenty-three hours a week;\n d. More than six days a week; or\n e. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the\nmorning.\n 4. This section shall not apply to a newspaper carrier as defined in\nsection thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of the education law whose hours\nof work are governed by such section, a farm laborer, a child performer\nwhose employment is governed by section 35.01 of the arts and cultural\naffairs law and article four-A of this chapter, a child model whose\nemployment is governed by section 35.05 of the arts and cultural affairs\nlaw, a bridge caddie at a bridge tournament or a baby sitter as defined\nin section one hundred thirty-one of this chapter.\n