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Summary of differences between federal and state regulations
The Utah Labor Commission, Utah Anti-Discrimination and Labor Division, Employment Standards Bureau administers the child labor laws.
Work age
Youths must be:
- 10 for newspaper carriers, golf caddies, shining shoes, mowing lawns with hand mowers
- 12 for baby sitting, door-to-door sales, and non-hazardous agricultural jobs
- 14 for jobs involving retail food service, auto servicing, janitorial service, and non-hazardous factory jobs
- 16 for all other employment including motor vehicle use, if the minor has a driver’s license (except hazardous jobs)
- 18 for hazardous jobs
Work hours
Youths 14 or older may work:
- 5 am to 9:30 pm on school nights
- 8 hours/day, 40 hours/week (4 hours/day on school days)
Utah has no work hour restrictions for youth 16 and older.
Breaks
Youth must be given a 30-minute meal break no later than 5 hours after beginning work and a 10-minute break every hour after 3 hours. If not completely relieved of work, youth must be paid for the time.
Permits
Employers should have an age certificate issued by the local school district.
Postings
Employers must post a summary of the child labor laws, which is included in the state wage and hour poster.
State
Contact
Regulations
The Utah rules for employment of minors can be found at Title 34, Chapter 23 of the Utah Code Annotated.
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