Note: This version of section effective 1-1-2025. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 1-1-2025.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-2-18.1-16 v2

  • employer: means a person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation that hires, employs, or permits a minor to work in a gainful occupation. See Indiana Code 22-2-18.1-5
  • high school: has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-7. See Indiana Code 22-2-18.1-6
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • parent: has the meaning set forth in IC 20-18-2-13. See Indiana Code 22-2-18.1-8
     Sec. 16. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), sections 17 and 22 of this chapter apply only to the employment of a minor who is less than sixteen (16) years of age.

     (b) Sections 17 and 22 of this chapter do not apply to the following:

(1) A minor who is at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age who:

(A) performs:

(i) farm labor; or

(ii) domestic service;

(B) acts as a caddie for a person playing the game of golf; or

(C) is employed to perform sports-attending services at professional sporting events as set forth in 29 C.F.R. § 570.35(c)(2).

(2) A minor who is:

(A) at least twelve (12) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age; and

(B) employed or works as a youth athletic program referee, umpire, or official under section 13 of this chapter.

     (c) Sections 12(b), 17(2)(A), 17(2)(B), and 22 of this chapter do not apply to a minor who is at least fourteen (14) years of age and less than sixteen (16) years of age who:

(1) has graduated from high school;

(2) has completed grade 8, is excused from the compulsory school attendance requirements, and whose parent submits a statement in accordance with subsection (d);

(3) has a child to support, is excused from the compulsory school attendance requirements, and whose parent submits a statement in accordance with subsection (d);

(4) is subject to an order issued by a court that has jurisdiction over the minor that prohibits the minor from attending school; or

(5) has been expelled from school and is not required to attend an alternative school or an alternative educational program.

     (d) To qualify for an exemption under subsection (c)(2) or (c)(3), the minor’s parent must submit to the minor’s current or prospective employer:

(1) a signed statement from the parent declaring that the minor has been excused from the compulsory school attendance requirements; and

(2) proof supporting the statement made under subdivision (1).

As added by P.L.147-2020, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.133-2024, SEC.4.

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