Employment of children under fourteen and sixteen
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Virginia Code › Title 40.1 › Chapter 5 › Section 40.1-78
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A. No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with any gainful occupation except as specified in this chapter.
B. No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with any gainful occupation during school hours unless he has reached the age of fourteen and is enrolled in a regular school work-training program and a work-training certificate has been issued for his employment as provided in § 40.1-88 .
C. Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of §§ 40.1-100 A, 40.1-100.1 , 40.1-100.2 , 40.1-101 and 40.1-102 .
Code 1950, § 40-96; 1956, c. 567; 1960, c. 434; 1968, c. 264; 1970, c. 321; 1991, c. 511.
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