Do you have to work permit when your'e sixteen?

Question

Do you have to work permit when your'e sixteen?

Answer 1

Not when I was 16. I dont think you would need one

Answer 2

i needed one at 15, but not at 16.

Answer 3

You do not need one in all 50 states but there are restrictions as to what type of work you can do, here are some of them...

Age 16-17

The employee may not

work during regular school hours

work more than forty hours per week nor more than eight hours per day when high school is not in session

Employees under age 18 cannot perform non-agricultural hazardous work. Non-agricultural hazardous work includes but is not limited to

driving a motor vehicle or being an outside helper in one except under limited circumstances;

being exposed to blood borne pathogens;

manufacturing/storing/working around explosives and explosive components (as defined by the ATF and including ammunition, black powder, blasting caps, fireworks, high explosives, primers and smokeless powder);

coal mining;

logging/saw milling;

using power-driven circular saws, band saws and guillotine shears;

using power-driven wood-working, hoisting, wood-working, metal-forming, punching, shearing, paper product, slicing, or baking machines;

being exposed to radioactive substances/ionizing radiations;

mining;

meat packaging or processing;

manufacturing brick, tile or related products;

wrecking, demolition and ship breaking operations;

roofing operations;

excavation operations;

working in operations or locations where the following hazardous materials are present: chemicals that are suspect or known carcinogens, physical or chemical hazard in concentrations above any OSHA action level, compressed highly toxic gases;

working with open unprotected electrical circuits, or systems that require the use of lockout-tagout;

working in a location that requires personal fall arrest protection per OSHA standards;

entry to any confined space as defined by OSHA standards;

exposure to high noise levels above the OSHA action level (85 dbA, TWA);

working in a location where respiratory protection is required;

working in laboratories with a BSL rating greater than 2, or in labs where Select Agents are housed or handled; and

Any duties with exposure to a serious health or safety hazard.