Walk It Through: The First Job
An offense to employ a child under 14, eight hours a day at 14 and 15, nothing past 10 p.m. before a school day, and a hardship exemption.
A seventh grader under 14 asks the shop down the street for a job.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One young worker and one shop. Hazardous occupations, the exceptions to the minimum age, and federal hour limits are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.