New Jersey S 108: Permits minors to work until 11 p.m. between Memorial Day and October 1 of each year in certain circumstances.

Bill Text

S108 

SENATE, No. 108 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JAMES W. HOLZAPFEL

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits minors to work until 11 p.m. between Memorial 
Day and October 1 of each year in certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the hours in which minors can work 
and amending P.L.1940, c.153.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 
3 of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.3) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� Except as provided in 
section 15 of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.15) and except for domestic service or 
messengers employed by communications companies subject to the supervision and 
control of the Federal Communications Commission, no minor under 18 years of 
age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in 
connection with any gainful occupation more than six consecutive days in any 
one week, or more than 40 hours in any one week, or more than eight hours in 
any one day, nor shall any minor under 16 years of age be so employed, 
permitted, or suffered to work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. of any day, except 
a minor who is 14 or 15 years of age may work in a restaurant, supermarket or 
other retail establishment, or in any occupation not prohibited by the 
provisions of this act, P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.) or by regulations 
promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to this act, P.L.1940, c.153 
(C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), during the period beginning on [the last] Memorial 
day [of 
a minor's school year] 
and ending on [Labor 
Day] October 
1 of each year until [9 
p.m.] 11 
p.m. of any day with written permission from a parent or legal guardian, 
and except a minor who is 14 or 15 years of age may be employed as a little 
league umpire for little leagues chartered by Little League Baseball, 
Incorporated, until 9 p.m. of any day with written permission from a parent or 
legal guardian; nor shall any minor between 16 and 18 years of age be so 
employed, permitted, or suffered to work before 6 a.m. or after 11 p.m. of any 
day; provided that minors between 16 and 18 years of age may be employed after 
11 p.m. during any regular vacation season, and on days which do not precede a 
regularly scheduled school day, with a special written permit from their 
parents or legal guardian stating the hours they are permitted to work; 
provided that minors between 16 and 18 years of age may be employed in a 
seasonal amusement or restaurant occupation after 11 p.m. and following 12:01 
a.m. of the next day, if that employment is a continuation of a workday which 
began before 11 p.m., either during any regular school vacation season, or on 
workdays which do not begin on a day which precedes a regularly scheduled 
school day, with a special written permit from their parents or legal guardian 
stating the hours they are permitted to work, except that in no case shall 
minors between 16 and 18 years of age be employed after 3 a.m. or before 6 a.m. 
on a day which precedes a regularly scheduled school day; provided, further, 
that minors may be employed in a concert or a theatrical performance up to 
11:30 p.m.; and provided, further, that minors not less than 16 years of age 
and who are attending school may be employed as pinsetters, lane attendants, or 
busboys in public bowling alleys up to 11:30 p.m., but may not be so employed 
during the school term without a special written permit from the superintendent 
of schools or the supervising principal, as the case may be, which permit shall 
state that the minor has undergone a complete physical examination by the 
medical inspector, and, in the opinion of the superintendent or supervising 
principal, may be so employed, without injury to health or interference with 
progress in school, such special permits to be good for a period of three 
months only and are revocable in the discretion of the superintendent or 
supervising principal. Such permit may not be renewed until satisfactory 
evidence has been submitted to the superintendent or supervising principal 
showing that the minor has had a physical examination and the minor's health is 
not being injured by said work; and provided, further, that minors between 16 
and 18 years of age may not be employed after 10 p.m. during the regular school 
vacation seasons in or for a factory or in any occupation otherwise prohibited 
by law or by order or regulation made in pursuance of law.� The hours of work 
of minors under 16 employed outside school hours shall not exceed three hours 
in any one day when school is in session and shall not exceed in any one week 
when school is in session the maximum number of hours permitted for that period 
under the federal "Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938," 29 U.S.C.s.201 et seq.,