Food Service & Retail
Fourteen and fifteen-year-olds may be employed in the following
occupations in the food service and retail industries:
? Office and clerical work, including the operation of office machines.
? Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising
departments, window trimming, and comparative shopping.
? Price marking and tagging by hand or by machine, assembling
orders, packing and shelving.
? Bagging and carrying out customers orders.
? Errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle, or public transportation.
? Cleanup work, including the use of vacuum cleaners and floor
waxers, and maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of
power-driven mowers or cutters.
? Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and
serving food and beverages, including the operation of machines and
devices used in the performance of this work, including but not
limited to, dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers,
milkshake blenders, and coffee grinders.
? Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and wrapping, sealing,
labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking goods when performed in
areas physically separate from areas where meat is prepared for sale
and outside freezers or meat coolers.
Fourteen and fifteen-year-olds may perform cooking duties at soda
fountains, lunch counters, snack bars, or cafeteria serving counters
where such cooking is performed in plain sight of customers and is not
the minor?s sole duty. In fast food restaurants where, for example,
the french fryer is in plain view, a 14 or 15-year-old may perform
duties related to that machine. Where hamburgers or other food items
are prepared out of plain sight of the customers or such preparation
is the minor?s sole duty, the minor must be at least 16 [LC 1294.1, 29
CFR 570.34(b)]. Additional occupations prohibited to minors under 16
in food service and retail are listed in Chapter 8 of this digest.
Minors under 18 are prohibited from using power-driven meat processing
machines and certain baking machines [LC 1294.1, 29 CFR 570. 61 and
570.52]. Occupations prohibited to minors under 18 are also detailed
in Chapter 8 of this digest.
Underage employment in any of these occupations is a Class A child labor violation.
Source:
California Department of Industrial Relations
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/ChildLaborPamphlet2000.html
Where it talks about the "minor's sole duty", it seems to imply that
the person has been trained in that field of preparation etc, and can
hence work unsupervised. However, where it mentions that a certain
task is not the person's sole responsibility, then it suggests that
the person is to be supervised. |
