N.Y. Labor Law § 142: Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age

§ 142. Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age. 1.

When school is in session. When school is in session, no minor fourteen

or fifteen years of age shall be employed:

a. More than three hours on any school day;

b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;

c. More than eighteen hours a week;

d. More than six days a week; or

e. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the

morning.

2. When school is not in session. When school is not in session, no

minor fourteen or fifteen years of age shall be employed:

a. More than eight hours a day;

b. More than six days a week;

c. More than forty hours a week; or

d. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the

morning, except (i) between the twenty-first day of June and Labor day

of the same calendar year, when no such minor shall be employed after

nine o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the morning; or

(ii) where such minor is employed as a junior counselor or

counselor-in-training at a camp for children during the months of June,

July and August.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,

a minor fourteen or fifteen years of age, who is enrolled when school is

in session in a supervised work study program approved by the

commissioner of education, when such program is in session, may not be

employed:

a. More than three hours on any school day;

b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;

c. More than twenty-three hours a week;

d. More than six days a week; or

e. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the

morning.

4. This section shall not apply to a newspaper carrier as defined in

section thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of the education law whose hours

of work are governed by such section, a farm laborer, a child performer

whose employment is governed by section 35.01 of the arts and cultural

affairs law and article four-A of this chapter, a child model whose

employment is governed by section 35.05 of the arts and cultural affairs

law, a bridge caddie at a bridge tournament or a baby sitter as defined

in section one hundred thirty-one of this chapter.