Please consult an attorney before concluding a person fits in any of these categories. See generally AS 23.10.055. Fishing, including fish farming, is exempted from wage and hour requirements. Certain limited kinds of nonprofit residential child care and educational institutions have exemptions from wage and hour laws. Child Labor Laws.
Children enjoy special protection under labor laws.
For example, minors are not permitted to work in hazardous occupations, but are exempted from wage and hour laws, to the extent of 30 hours per week. Employees, as discussed above, are entitled to worker's compensation insurance, overtime, and the protection of various other statutes. Volunteers are not subject to worker's compensation laws or wage and hour laws. They may or may not be subject to other kinds of protections. It's not always easy, however, to tell volunteers from employees, but here are some guidelines.