{"data":{"id":"us-de/19-del.-c.-507","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"19 Del. C. § 507","heading":"Minors under 18 years of age.","body":"(a) A minor under 18 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work in, about or in connection with:\n(1) Any occupation prohibited by the United States Secretary of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act [29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.];\n(2) Blast furnaces;\n(3) Docks or wharves, other than marinas where pleasure boats are sold or serviced;\n(4) Railroads;\n(5) The erection or repair of electrical wires;\n(6) Distilleries where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, bottled, labelled, wrapped or packaged;\n(7) The manufacturing of dangerous or toxic chemicals or compounds;\n(8) Any other occupation which the Secretary deems injurious to the health, safety, welfare or morals of the minor;\n(9) Any occupation as a pilot, firefighter or engineer on any vessel or boat engaged in commerce; or\n(10) Any occupation as a messenger for a telegraph, telephone or messenger company in the distribution, delivery, collection or transmission of goods or messages before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. of any day in any town or city having a population of over 20,000 persons.\n(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a minor under 18 years of age who is enrolled in a work-study, student-learner, apprenticeship or similar program where the employment is an integral part of the course of study, and the employment is procured and supervised by the school system or by a federal or state monitored apprenticeship program.\n(c) A minor under 18 years of age shall not spend more than 12 hours in a combination of school hours and work hours per day.\n(d) A minor under 18 years of age shall have at least 8 consecutive hours of nonwork, nonschool time each 24-hour day.\n(e) A minor under 18 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work more than 5 hours continuously without a nonworking period of at least one half hour.","path":["Title 19. Labor","General Provisions","CHAPTER 5. Child Labor"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title19/c005/index.html#507","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:25Z","sha256":"72728790ead068363de4d64cb64a42d83d761db967b9061d35a9e9e0eb41ab27","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/19-del.-c.-506","next":"us-de/19-del.-c.-508"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}