Walk It Through: The First Job
Hours at fifteen, the minimum wage, the payday schedule, and the last check.
A teenager under sixteen is offered a full schedule of long shifts at a fast food place over the summer.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One summer job. Work permits, overtime, tips, breaks and federal hazardous job rules are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Final wagesAll wages due when a job ends, paid by the earlier of the next regular payday or ten days, or within forty-eight hours of a written request.
- Exempt propertyProperty a judgment creditor cannot take, such as household goods up to $1,000 an item and $7,500 in all, tools of the trade up to $10,000 and one motor vehicle up to $10,000.
- Tipped employeeAn employee whose direct wage may be counted up by tips actually received but may not be less than $3.35 an hour, with the employer making up any shortfall below the $7.25 minimum.