With parental permission you may work
9 hours per day
40 hours per school week
48 hours per non-school week
Until 11:00 p.m. on nights followed by a school day
Until 12:00 a.m. on nights not followed by a school day
14 and 15 year olds
Your work permit allows you to work
Your work permit allows you to work
8 hours per day
30 hours per school week
40 hours per non-school week
No more than 6 days per week
Not before 6:00 a.m.
Until 10:00 p.m.
Your work permit allows you to work
8 hours per day
30 hours per school week
40 hours per non-school week
No more than 6 days per week
Not before 6:00 a.m. on school days
Until 10:00 p.m. on nights followed by a
school day
No restricted end time on days not followed
by a school day
With parental permission you may work
9 hours per day
40 hours per school week
48 hours per non-school week
Until 11:30 p.m. on nights followed by a school
day, or
Until 1:00 a.m. on nights followed by a school day
No more than twice/week; not
consecutively
Breaks Requirements For Minors
Workers under the age of 18 who work 6.0 hours or more are required to take 30 minutes of documented breaks.
The minor may take two 15 minute breaks or one 30 minute break.
Breaks must total 30 minutes or more, but never less.
Working During School Hours
14 and 15 year olds may not work on a school day after 7:30 a.m. and before 3:30 p.m. 16 and 17 year olds may not work
during school hours unless they have documented school permission.
Graduates/Withdrawn From School
16 and 17 year olds who have graduated or withdrawn from high school may work unlimited hours. Documentation must
be in personnel files.
16 Year Olds
17 Year Olds
Employers of minors who are 14, 15, 16 or 17 years of age are required by law to post the maximum number of hours
that minors may be permitted to work in each day of the week. The information must be posted in a conspicuous place
or in places where notices are customarily posted. For additional copies of this poster or for further information, please
visit www.in.gov/dol/childlabor.htm .
Teen Work Hour Restrictions
3 hours per school day
18 hours per school week
8 hours per non-school
day
40 hours per non-school week
No work before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.
Between June 1 and Labor Day you may
work until 9:00 p.m.
Working Before 6:00 a.m. Or After 10:00 p.m.
Workers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a co-worker who is at least 18 years of age when
working before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. in an establishment that is open to the public
Indiana Department of Labor / Bureau of Child Labor
402 West Washington Street, Room W195, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Phone: (317) 232-2655 ● Fax: (317) 233-3790 ● TT Voice: 1-800-743-3333
E-Mail: childlabor@dol.in.gov ● Web: www.in.gov/dol/childlabor.htm
