(a) No minor under eighteen years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation at any time except as otherwise provided in this section. In no event, however, shall the minor be permitted to be employed or permitted to work in, about, or in connection with adult entertainment or any gainful occupation prohibited by law or which has been declared by rule of the director to be hazardous for the minor.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-2

  • Adult entertainment: means an activity to which a minor would not be able to legally gain admittance and shall include but not be limited to:

    (1) Performing of exotic entertainment;

    (2) Nude, exotic, or lap dancing;

    (3) Showing of film, video, still picture, electronic reproduction, or other visual reproduction depicting:

    (A) Acts or simulated acts of sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, or any sexual acts that are prohibited by law;

    (B) Any person being touched, caressed, or fondled on the breast, buttocks, anus, or genitalia;

    (C) Scenes wherein a person displays the anus or genitalia; or

    (D) Scenes wherein artificial devices or inanimate objects are employed to depict, or drawings are employed to portray, any of the prohibited activities described above. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1

  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • Employer: includes any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the personal representative of the estate of a deceased individual or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any person, but shall not include the State or any political subdivision thereof or the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • Gainful occupation: means any activity which produces pecuniary gain for any person or persons connected therewith. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
  • Theatrical employment: means gainful occupation as a model, dancer, singer, musician, entertainer or motion picture, television, radio or theatrical performer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 390-1
(b) A minor who has attained the age of sixteen years but not eighteen years may be employed during periods when the minor is not legally required to attend school or when the minor is excused by school authorities from attending school; provided that the employer of the minor records and keeps on file the number of a valid certificate of age issued to the minor by the department.
(c) A minor who has attained the age of fourteen years but not sixteen years may be employed or permitted to work:

(1) During periods when the minor is not legally required to attend school or when the minor is excused by school authorities from attending school;
(2) If the employer of the minor procures and keeps on file a valid certificate of employment;
(3) No more than five hours continuously without an interval of at least thirty consecutive minutes for a rest or lunch period;
(4) Between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. of any day; provided that during any authorized school break, the minor may be employed between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.;
(5) No more than six consecutive days;
(6) No more than eighteen hours in a calendar week during which the minor is legally required to attend school, and no more than forty hours in a calendar week during which the minor is not legally required to attend school or when the minor is excused by school authorities from attending school;
(7) No more than three hours on any school day; and
(8) No more than eight hours on any nonschool day.
(d) A minor under fourteen years of age may be employed or permitted to work in theatrical employment or in harvesting of coffee under circumstances and conditions prescribed by the director by rule; provided that:

(1) The work is performed during periods when the minor is not legally required to attend school or when the minor is excused by school authorities from attending school;
(2) With respect to employment in harvesting of coffee, the director has determined after a public hearing that sufficient adult labor to perform the work is unavailable; and
(3) The employer of the minor procures and keeps on file a valid certificate of employment.
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