If you know someone who hired an 11 year old to work on their farm and allows them to drive equipment and cars, how can you stop this??
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If you know someone who hired an 11 year old to work on their farm and allows them to drive equipment and cars, how can you stop this??
Employment of youth
Asked on June 17, 2009 under Employment Labor Law, South Dakota
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
South Dakota has a complex set of youth employment laws. Briefly, children younger than 16 years may not be employed:
- In any occupation dangerous to life, health or morals.
- For more than 4 hours per school day or 20 hours per school week.
- For more than 8 hours per non-school day or 40 hours per non-school week.
- Later than 10 p.m. on a school night.
Furthermore, children younger than 14 years may not be employed:
- During school hours.
- Later than 7 p.m.
Various exceptions to these laws exist for child actors, jobs pumping gas or detasselling hybrid seed corn, employment by parents, employment necessary for the child's support or employment using agricultural equipment. Youth employment laws also cover the facilities in which a child may work, how often it must be cleaned and when it can be inspected.
If you feel that the employment of this child is in violation of the South Dakota employment laws contact the South Dakota Department of Labor at (605) 773-3103.
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