cutters or bakery mixers; or any other activity classified as a “hazardous occupation.” • No work in warehouses, communications or public utilities jobs, construction or repair jobs, or jobs in which they drive a motor vehicle or operate powerdriven machinery or hoisting apparatus (other than typical office machines). • No work loading and unloading goods to and from trucks or conveyors. Hours Allowed & Limitations • Up to three hours on a school day and up to 18 hours per week during a school week. • Up to eight hours on a nonschool day and up to 40 hours per week during a nonschool week. • No work before 7:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor Day, when they can work as late as 9:00 p.m. • “Week” is defined as any fixed and regularly occurring 168-hour period that is the same as the employer’s workweek. SPECIFIC LAWS GOVERNING 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLDS Type of Work Allowed • May engage in any work not classified as a “hazardous activity” (or separately regulated, such as serving alcohol). • Occasional driving by minors at least 17 years old during daylight hours within limitations outlined by DOL Fact Sheet #34. • Auto Industry Specific Jobs: U.S. DOL stated in a 1986 FLSA opinion letter that 16- and 17-year-olds may operate electric, pneumatic and hydraulic lifts in service stations, and electric doors. NH DOL has also clarified driving and lift operation restrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds. Type of Work Not Allowed* • Work classified as hazardous including but not limited to power-driven woodworking metal-forming, punching and shearing machines; forest, logging and sawmilling operations; and unloading or operating balers and compactors. *Limited apprentice/student-learner exemptions may apply. Hours Allowed & Limitations • No more than 35 hours during a workweek when school is in session for the whole week. • During school vacations and from June 1 through Labor Day, no more than six consecutive days or 48 hours in any one week. (There is an exception for youths who reside and work at a summer camp for minors.) • Youth not enrolled in school may not work more than 10 hours a day or 48 hours in a week in any manual or mechanical labor in manufacturing and no more than 10¼ hours day or 54 hours in a week, if any manual or mechanical labor in nonmanufacturing environments. If a youth worker has more than one job, this limitation still applies to all employers. See RSA 276A:11 and RSA 276-A:12. POSTING REQUIREMENTS NH employers are required to post in a conspicuous place in every room where youths are employed a printed notice stating the hours of work, the time allowed for dinner or other meals and the maximum number of hours any youth is permitted to work in any one day. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES New Hampshire requires most youths under the age of 16 to acquire a New Hampshire Youth Employment Certificate within three business days of the first day of employment. The certificate may be issued by principals of schools or their designee, or by a parent or legal guardian. For 16- and 17-year-olds, the employer must obtain a signed written document from the youth’s parent or legal guardian permitting the youth’s employment, and this permission SPECIFIC LAWS GOVERNING 14- AND 15-YEAR-OLDS Type of Work Allowed • Non-manufacturing, non-mining and non-hazardous jobs, such as found in retail stores, offices, restaurants, movie theaters, amusement parks and gasoline service stations. • Auto Industry Specific Jobs: U.S. DOL regulations provide that 14- and 15-year-old youths may work in jobs connected with cars and trucks if confined to the following: dispensing gasoline and oil; courtesy service; and car cleaning, washing and polishing by hand. Type of Work Not Allowed • No baking or cooking (except with gas or electric grills that do not involve an open flame); work with freezers or meat coolers; work in meat processing areas; work to operate, set-up, adjust, clean, oil or repair power-driven food slicers, grinders, choppers, 15
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