No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work, in, about or in connection with any gainful occupation with the exception of volunteer work or work on farms, orchards and in gardens and except as provided in §§ 40.1-79.01, 40.1-101, and 40.1-102 unless the person, firm or corporation employing such child, procures and keeps on file and accessible to any school attendance officer, representative of the Department or other authorized persons, charged with the enforcement of this chapter, the employment certificate as hereinafter provided, issued for such child.
Code 1950, § 40-100; 1960, c. 434; 1966, c. 603; 1970, c. 321; 1972, cc. 480, 824; 1974, cc. 283, 525; 1979, c. 219; 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