Tex. Labor Code Section 51.013
Hours of Employment; Hardship Exemption

(a)

A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is employed by the person to work more than:

(1)

eight hours in one day; or

(2)

48 hours in one week.

(b)

A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work:

(1)

between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day; or

(2)

between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day.

(c)

A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is not enrolled in summer school to work between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day during the time that school is recessed for the summer.

(d)

The commission may adopt rules for determining whether hardships exist. If, on the application of a child, the commission determines that a hardship exists for that child, this section does not apply to that child.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Source: Section 51.013 — Hours of Employment; Hardship Exemption, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­51.­htm#51.­013 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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