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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Labor Code § 51.013: HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT; HARDSHIP EXEMPTION.

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  1. LABOR CODE
  2. TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS
  3. SUBTITLE B. RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR
  4. CHAPTER 51. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT

(a) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is employed by the person to work more than:

(1) eight hours in one day; or

(2) 48 hours in one week.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work:

(1) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day; or

(2) between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is not enrolled in summer school to work between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day during the time that school is recessed for the summer.

(d) The commission may adopt rules for determining whether hardships exist. If, on the application of a child, the commission determines that a hardship exists for that child, this section does not apply to that child.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:24Z. Source file · JSON

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