The hours that a minor may work

1. Eliminating the statutory hours per day and per week and days per week and times of day that a minor 16 years of age or over may work.

2. Setting the hours that a minor under 16 years of age may work at three hours per day on a school day and eight hours per day on a nonschool day and at 18 hours per week in a school week and 40 hours per week in a nonschool week.

3. Setting the days in a week that a minor under 16 years of age may work at six.

4. Setting the times of day that a minor under 16 years of age may work at not before 7:00 a.m. and not after 7:00 p.m. from the day after Labor Day to May 31 and at not before 7:00 a.m. and not after 9:00 p.m. from June 1 to Labor Day.

2011 Wisconsin Act 32 also prohibited the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) from fixing for minors 16 years of age or over maximum hours of employment per day and per week, maximum days of employment per week, or hours at which employment may begin and end and from fixing for minors under 16 years of age maximum hours of employment per day and per week, maximum days of employment per week, or hours at which employment may begin and end that exceed those maximum hours per day and per week or those maximum days per week or that begin earlier or end later than those hours at which employment may begin and end.

This bill eliminates those changes, thereby restoring prior law. Specifically, the bill prohibits any minor, including a minor 16 years of age or over, but not including a minor employed in domestic service, farm labor, or service as an election inspector, from working for no more than eight hours per day, 40 hours per week, and six days per week, except that the bill permits a minor under 16 years of age, subject to those exceptions, to work for no more than 24 hours per week. The bill also prohibits a minor under 16 years of age from working before 7:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m., except in domestic service, farm labor, public exhibitions, or street trades. Finally, the bill provides that these standards are subject to orders issued by DWD fixing hours of employment for minors. Under prior law, DWD fixed those hours as follows:

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