This part shall not apply to any minor who:

(1) Is employed in housework in the minor’s home;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-5-107

  • Agricultural work: includes farming in all its branches, and, among other things, includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities, the raising of livestock or poultry, and any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with the farming operations, including preparation for market, delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market. See Tennessee Code 50-5-102
  • Department: means the department of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 50-5-102
  • Director of schools: means the director of schools, or the director's designee, in the county, city, town or special school district in which a minor seeking employment resides or is to be employed. See Tennessee Code 50-5-102
  • Employer: includes , but is not limited to, any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative or any organized group of persons, acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. See Tennessee Code 50-5-102
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Minor: means a person of either sex under eighteen (18) years of age, unless otherwise provided. See Tennessee Code 50-5-102
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Self-employed: means earning income directly from one's own business, trade or profession rather than as a specified salary or wages from an employer. See Tennessee Code 50-5-102
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Is employed by a parent or guardian in a nonhazardous occupation, as defined by § 50-5-106;
(3) Is employed in agricultural work;
(4) Is employed in the distribution or sale of newspapers;
(5) Is employed in errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle or public transportation;
(6) Is self-employed;
(7) Is a musician or entertainer, except in cases covered by § 50-5-106(20);
(8) Has graduated from high school or has the equivalent of a high school diploma, but only if a copy of the minor’s high school diploma or its equivalent is retained by the employer in the employer’s personnel records;
(9) Is or has been lawfully married or is a parent, but only if a copy of either the minor’s marriage license or the birth certificate of the minor’s child is retained by the employer in the employer’s personnel records;
(10) Is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and is an apprentice employed in a craft recognized as an apprenticable trade and is registered by the bureau of apprenticeship and training of the United States department of labor and is employed in accordance with the standards established by that bureau;
(11) Is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and is a student learner enrolled in a course of study and training in a cooperative vocational training program under a recognized state or local educational authority or in a course of study in a substantially similar program conducted by a private school. The student learner must be employed under a written agreement, a copy of which must be retained by the employer in the employer’s personnel records;
(12) Is an enrollee in a public employment program that is conducted or funded by the federal government; provided, that the employer has on file in the employer’s personnel records an unrevoked written statement from a representative of the federal agency administering that program certifying the enrollment of the minor in the program;
(13) Is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and not enrolled in school, but only if the employer has on file in the employer’s personnel records a written statement signed by the director of schools stating that the particular minor is not enrolled in school; or is lawfully excused from compulsory school attendance under § 49-6-3005, but only if the employer has on file in the employer’s personnel records a written statement signed by the director of schools stating that the particular minor has been excused under § 49-6-3005; or
(14) Is fourteen (14) years of age or older and who is a student enrolled in a course of study and training in a cooperative career and technical training program, including a work experience and career exploration program, that is approved and authorized by the department of education and that complies with all applicable federal laws. The student learner must be employed under a written agreement, a copy of which must be retained by the employer in the employer’s personnel records.
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