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C.R.S. § 8-12-105

Minimum age requirements

Known as the Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act

The act spans §§ 8–8 (17 sections).

(1) No minor under the age of fourteen shall be permitted employment in this state except as authorized by sections 8-12-104 , 8-12-106 , and 8-12-107 . (2) On school days, during school hours, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted employment except as provided in section 8-12-113 ; and, after school hours, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted to work in excess of six hours unless the next day is not a school day. (3) Except for babysitters, no minor under the age of sixteen shall be permitted to work between the hours of nine-thirty p.m. and five a.m., except as authorized by section 8-12-104 (2), unless the next day is not a school day. (4) Except for the provisions of subsection (5) of this section, no employer shall be permitted to work a minor more than forty hours in a week or more than eight hours in any twenty-four-hour period. In case of emergencies which may arise in the conduct of an industry or occupation (not subject to a wage order promulgated under article 6 of this title) the director may authorize an employer to allow a minor to work more than eight hours in a twenty-four-hour period. In such emergencies an employee shall be paid at a rate of one and one-half times his time rate as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 8-6-106 for each hour worked in excess of forty hours in a week. (5) In seasonal employment for the culture, harvest, or care of perishable products where wages are paid on a piece basis, as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 8-6-106 , a minor fourteen years of age or older may be permitted to work hours in excess of the limitations of subsection (4) of this section; but in no case is he permitted to work more than twelve hours in any twenty-four-hour period nor more than thirty hours in any seventy-two-hour period; except that a minor fourteen or fifteen years of age may work more than eight hours per day on only ten days in any thirty-day period. Overtime wage provisions of subsection (4) of this section shall not apply to this subsection (5).

Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.