These provisions restrict the types of jobs that minors may perform. This means that the youth may spend no more than one-third of the worktime in any workday and no more than 20 percent of the worktime in any workweek driving. The Department of Labor is developing guidelines and information to facilitate compliance and implementation of this amendment. The above requirements apply whether the youth is driving a personal or employer-owned vehicle. Such documentation would include evidence of the employee's age, completion of a driver education course, clean driving record and appropriate State driver's license.
Many states have laws setting standards for child labor and teen drivers.
When both Federal and state laws apply, the law setting the more stringent standard must be observed. This is one of a series of fact sheets highlighting U.S. Department of Labor programs. It is intended as a general description only and does not carry the force of legal opinion.