A. No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with any gainful occupation except as specified in this chapter.
B. No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with any gainful occupation during school hours unless he has reached the age of fourteen and is enrolled in a regular school work-training program and a work-training certificate has been issued for his employment as provided in § 40.1-88.
C. Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of §§ 40.1-100 A, 40.1-100.1, 40.1-100.2, 40.1-101 and 40.1-102.
Code 1950, § 40-96; 1956, c. 567; 1960, c. 434; 1968, c. 264; 1970, c. 321; 1991, c. 511.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 40.1 - Labor and Employment
§ 40.1-78. Employment of children under fourteen and sixteen
§ 40.1-79.01. Exemptions from chapter generally
§ 40.1-79.1. Exemptions from chapter generally; participation in volunteer fire company activities
§ 40.1-80.1. Employment of children
§ 40.1-81.1. Records to be kept by employers
§ 40.1-84. Employment certificate required
§ 40.1-85. Kinds of employment certificates
§ 40.1-87. Vacation or part-time employment certificate
§ 40.1-88. Work-training certificate
§ 40.1-89. Same; employment not allowed; revocation of certificate
§ 40.1-92. Issuance of certificates
§ 40.1-93. Proof required for employment certificate
§ 40.1-96. Contents of employment certificates
§ 40.1-100. Certain employment prohibited or limited
§ 40.1-100.1. Employment where hazard capable of causing serious physical harm or death
§ 40.1-100.2. Employment involving sexually explicit visual material prohibited
§ 40.1-101. Qualifications as to theaters
§ 40.1-102. Issuance of theatrical permit
§ 40.1-103. Cruelty and injuries to children; penalty; abandoned infant
§ 40.1-109. Newspaper carriers on regular routes; hours
§ 40.1-112. Solicitation generally
§ 40.1-113. Child labor offenses; civil penalties