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

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-2-18.1-12

  • 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
  • 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
  • school day: refers to a day that contains more than four (4) hours of classroom instruction. See Indiana Code 22-2-18.1-10
  • school hours: refers to the hours that the school corporation, within the boundaries of which the minor resides while employed, is in session during the regularly scheduled school year. See Indiana Code 22-2-18.1-10.5
     Sec. 12. (a) This subsection does not apply to a minor who is employed or works as a youth athletic program referee, umpire, or official under section 13 of this chapter. A minor less than:

(1) fourteen (14) years of age may not be employed or allowed to work in any gainful occupation except as a farm laborer, domestic service worker, caddie for persons playing the game of golf, or newspaper carrier; and

(2) twelve (12) years of age may not be permitted to work at farm labor except on a farm operated by the minor’s parent.

     (b) Except as provided in section 14 of this chapter, an employer may not employ or permit any minor less than sixteen (16) years of age to work in any occupation during school hours on a school day.

As added by P.L.147-2020, SEC.16.