{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-51.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 51.013","heading":"HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT; HARDSHIP EXEMPTION.","body":"(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:\n(1) eight hours in one day; or\n(2) 48 hours in one week.\n(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:\n(1) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day; or\n(2) between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day.\n(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.\n(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.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS","SUBTITLE B. RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR","CHAPTER 51. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN","SUBCHAPTER B. RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.51.htm#51.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"d5e161e8f284b062c1916c9ce49aff3d4a9f9cdf45b9565c88f38e8514c14d78","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-51.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-51.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}