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Summary of differences between federal and state regulations
The Texas Workforce Commission, Labor Law Department administers the child labor laws.
Work age
Youths must be:
- None specified parental employment
- 11 for delivering/distributing newspapers, participating in school-supervised work-study programs, agriculture, non-hazardous casual employment
- 17 for sexually-oriented jobs
- Under 18 to cashier for alcohol if beverages are served by someone 18 or older (16 for wine-only permittees)
Work hours
Youths 14 or older may work:
- 5 am to 10 pm (12 am on non-school nights)
- 8 hours/day, 48 hours/week
Texas has no work hour restrictions for youth 16 and older.
Permits
Youth under age 18 must have an age certificate issued by the Department of Labor.
State
Contact
Texas Workforce Commission, Labor Law Department
Regulations
Texas Labor Law, Title 2, Subtitle B, Chapter 51, Employment of Children
Texas Administrative Code, Title 40, Part 20, Chapter 817, Child Labor
Federal
Contact
The Department of Labor is the sole federal agency that monitors child labor and enforces child labor laws. Enforcement of the Fair Labor Standard Act's child labor provisions is handled by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department’s Employment Standards Administration.
Regulations
U.S. child labor regulations can be found in CFR 29:
Part 570 Child Labor Regulations, Orders and Statements of Interpretation
Part 575 Waiver of Child Labor Provisions for Agricultural Employment of 10 and 11 Year Old Minors In Hand Harvesting of Short Season Crops
Part 579 Child Labor Violations – Civil Money Penalties