2023 Code of Alabama › Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. › Chapter 8 - Child Labor. › Section 25-8-45 - Eligibility to Work Form - When Required; Child Labor Certificates.

Section 25-8-45
Eligibility to work form - When required; Child Labor Certificates.
(a) No person under 16 years of age shall engage in any occupation mentioned in Section 25-8-39 unless he or she has secured and has with him or her an eligibility to work form as provided in this chapter.
(b) No person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation shall employ, permit, or suffer to work any person 14 or 15 years of age in any occupation, except in agricultural service, unless the person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation procures and keeps on file for the inspection by the officials charged with the enforcement of this chapter, an eligibility to work form for every person 14 or 15 years of age and a complete list of those persons 14 or 15 years of age employed therein.
(c) Any person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation that wishes to employ, permit, or suffer to work any minor 14 or 15 years of age in any occupation, except in agricultural service, shall obtain a Class I Child Labor Certificate from the department for each location where a person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation wishes to employ a minor 14 or 15 years of age. Such employment shall be in accordance with all other sections of this chapter.
(d) The certificate shall allow the employment of minors 14 or 15 years of age to work only outside of school hours or during vacation periods and only in occupations not prohibited by this chapter for persons of these ages.
(e) The employment of a minor 14 or 15 years of age shall be revoked or suspended by the department if the minor's regular school attendance and performance record is not satisfactory to the head administrator or, if home schooled an instructor, of the school which the minor attends. The revocation or suspension shall be processed by the department upon notification by the school.
(f) Any person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation that wishes to employ, permit, or suffer to work any minor 16 or 17 years of age in any occupation, except in agricultural service, shall obtain a Class II Child Labor Certificate from the department for each location where a person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation wishes to employ a minor 16 or 17 years of age. Such employment shall be in accordance with all other sections of this chapter.
(g) The department shall issue Class I and Class II Child Labor Certificates to any person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation that applies to the department. The fee for a Class I or Class II Child Labor Certificate shall be fifteen dollars ($15). The certificates shall be issued annually.
(h)(1) The application for the child labor certificate shall contain all of the following information specific to the location of the minor's employment:
a. The name, address, and telephone number of the person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation that wishes to employ, permit, or suffer to work any minor.
b. The type of business or entity, the federal employer identification number, the names of all incorporators, owners, members, or partners of the business or entity.
c. Any other information as required by department regulation.
(2) The Class I and Class II Child Labor Certificates shall contain all of the following information:
a. The name of the employer.
b. The type of business the employer maintains.
c. Any other information as required by department regulation.
(3) If a person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation, employs a minor between 14 and 17 years of age without a proper child labor certificate, the person, entity, franchise, corporation or division of a corporation shall pay a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) and then shall obtain a certificate in the proper manner.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-604, p. 1263, §14; Act 2009-565, p. 1654, §3.)