Working Under 16
K.S.A. 38-603 — no work before 7 a.m. or after 10 p.m. on a school night, eight hours a day and 40 a week
No child under 14 may be employed in any business or service, except as the child labor law provides.
Who handles this in Kansas: legal aid programs, lawyer referral and the state offices, listed in the Kansas directory.
- A child under 16 working in the listed trades, delivery, a hotel, a restaurant or a store may not start before 7 a.m.
- Nor work after 10 p.m., except on an evening that does not come before a school day.
- Nor work more than eight hours in a day or 40 hours in a week.
Those limits do not apply to a student in school food service, or to a student learner in a cooperative vocational program under a written agreement with the school.
Sources for this section (2)
- K.S.A. 38-601 — Children under 14, employment
- K.S.A. 38-603 — Children under 16, employment
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kansas attorney.