Montana Code 41-2-106. Prohibited employment of minors who are 14 and 15 years of age
41-2-106. Prohibited employment of minors who are 14 and 15 years of age. Unless otherwise exempted, a minor 14 or 15 years of age may not be employed in the prohibited occupations in 41-2-107 or in:
Terms Used In Montana Code 41-2-106
- employment: means an occupation engaged in, permitted, or suffered, with or without compensation in money or other valuable consideration, whether paid to the minor or to some other person, including but not limited to occupations as servant, agent, subagent, or independent contractor. See Montana Code 41-2-103
- Minor: means an individual under 18 years of age, except for an individual who:
(a)has received a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma;
(b)is 16 years of age or older and is enrolled in a registered state or federal apprenticeship program; or
(c)is 16 years of age or older and is a student-employee under the direct and close supervision of a qualified and experienced person with experience in the occupation in which the minor is employed as provided in 41-2-110. See Montana Code 41-2-103
- Occupation: means :
(a)an occupation, service, trade, business, or industry in which employees are employed;
(b)any branch or group of industries in which employees are employed; or
(c)any employment or class of employment in which employees are employed. See Montana Code 41-2-103
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
(1)a manufacturing occupation;
(2)a processing occupation, including but not limited to filleting fish, dressing poultry, cracking nuts, or laundering and drycleaning;
(3)an occupation that requires the performance of duties in a workroom or workplace where goods are manufactured, mined, or processed;
(4)the operation or tending of a hoisting apparatus or of power-driven machinery;
(5)an occupation in connection with:
(a)transporting persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means;
(b)warehousing and storage;
(c)communication and public utilities; or
(d)construction or repair;
(6)an occupation in a retail, food service, or gasoline establishment, including:
(a)work performed in or around a boiler or an engine room;
(b)work in connection with the maintenance or the repair of an establishment, machine, or equipment;
(c)outside window washing that involves working from windowsills and all work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds, or their substitutes at a height of more than 20 feet;
(d)an occupation that involves operating, assembling, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders, food choppers and cutters, or bakery-type mixers;
(e)work in freezers and meat coolers and all work preparing meat for sale, except wrapping, scaling, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stacking when performed in other areas;
(f)loading or unloading goods to and from a truck, railroad car, or conveyor; or
(g)an occupation in a warehouse, except for office or clerical work;
(7)the following agricultural occupations, unless otherwise exempt or working as a student-learner pursuant to 41-2-109:
(a)felling, bucking, skidding, loading, or unloading timber with a butt diameter of more than 9 inches;
(b)repairing a building from a ladder or scaffold at a height of more than 20 feet;
(c)working inside:
(i)a fruit, forage, or grain storage structure designed to retain an oxygen-deficient or toxic atmosphere; or
(ii)an upright silo within 2 weeks after silage has been added or when a top unloading device is in operating position;
(d)handling or using agricultural chemicals classified as poisonous;
(e)handling or using a blasting agent, including but not limited to dynamite, black powder, sensitized ammonium nitrate, blasting caps, or primer cord; or
(f)transporting, transferring, or applying anhydrous ammonia.