Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Workforce Development › DWD 270-279 - Labor Standards › Chapter DWD 271 - Street trades › Section DWD 271.04 - Hours of work and time of day of work

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Minors under 12
				years of age may work in a fundraising sale for a non-profit organization, a
				public or private school. Minors under 12 years of age must submit written
				approval from their parent or guardian to the non-profit organization, public
				or private school. Each minor or group of minors under 9 years of age must be
				physically accompanied by a parent or person at least 16 years of
				age.
(2) No minor under 16 years of
				age shall be employed or permitted to work at any street trade more than 6 days
				per week except for the delivery of newspapers; 4 hours per day, except 8 hours
				per day on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and other non-school days, 18 hours per
				calendar week while their respective school is in session, or 24 hours per
				calendar week while their respective school is in session less than 5 days per
				week or 40 hours per week during non-school weeks, nor before 7:00 a.m. except
				for the delivery of newspapers 5:00 a.m., nor after 8:00 p.m. on days preceding
				school days and not later than 9:00 p.m. on days not preceding school
				days.
(3) No minors 16 or 17 years
				of age shall be employed or permitted to work at any street trade more than 6
				days per week except for the delivery of newspapers; 4 hours per day, except 8
				hours per day on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and other non-school days, 26
				hours per calendar week while their respective school is in session, or 32
				hours per calendar week while their respective school is in session less than 5
				days per week, nor before 6:00 a.m., except for the delivery of newspapers 5:00
				a.m., nor after 9:00 p.m. on days preceding school days and not later than
				11:00 p.m. on days not preceding school days.
(4) Hours worked as part of a work experience
				program during school hours will not count as part of the total permitted hours
				of work per day or per week.
(5)
				Minors 16 and 17 may be employed in excess of the permitted hours of labor per
				day and per week in weeks when they are not required to attend school provided
				the employer pays overtime as provided under the employer's pay plan to other
				workers, but in no case shall the payment be less than time and one-half their
				regular rate of pay for all overtime hours worked over 10 hours per day or over
				40 hours per week whichever is greater, but in no case may minors 16 and 17
				years of age be employed more than 50 hours per week. This exception shall not
				be interpreted to permit a minor to work more than 8 hours per day on Saturday,
				Sunday or other days during the week when the minor is required to attend
				school on any day of that week.
(6)
				Minors may not be employed during the hours they are required to attend school
				as defined in s.
				118.15,
				Stats., nor contrary to local curfew ordinances establishing an earlier
				restriction.
(7) Minors 16 and 17
				years of age, who are high school graduates or exempt from school attendance as
				defined in s.
				118.15,
				Stats., may be employed the same daily and weekly hours and time of day as
				adults.
(8) "Day" means a calendar
				day.
(9) "Week" means a calendar
				week or a regular reoccurring period of 168 hours in the form of 7 consecutive
				calendar days.
(10) In court
				ordered restitution or community services programs, minors 12 or 13 years of
				age may be employed or perform any duties under circumstances in which a minor
				14 or 15 years of age is permitted to be employed or permitted to work as
				provided under ss.
				DWD 270.05
				and
				270.06.
See s.
					 103.67(2)
					 (j),
					 Stats.