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ARKANSAS a OKLAHOMA
f I ANY Oklahoma and Arkansas
lUl retail lumber dealers who use students and/or minors as part-time or fulltime help have found it a mutually rewarding situation. lf you employ or plan to employ students or minors, take note of the following material.
When hiring minors (those under l8 years of age), you need to observe the following provisions of the Child Labor Section ofthe Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
(l) Employment of children under l4 in any non-farming occupation is generally prohibited under the FLSA.
(2) Employment of children under l6 in occupations other than manufacturing, mining, or those determined by the Secretary of Labor to be hazardous, is permissible if they are employed by their parents.
Employment of a child under l6 bY a corporation (even though the parent is the sole stockholder) is not employment by a parent under this provision.
(3) Employment of 14 and 15 year olds in our industry is generallY limited to activities like:
(e) Office and clerical.
(b) Retail selling, cashiering, price marking and tagging, packing, shelving, etc.
(c) Clean-up work and mainten' ance of grounds, but not the use of mowets or cutters.
(4) Employment of 16 and 17 year olds is permitted in other than hazardous occupations. While probably not all inclusive, hazardous occupations in our industrY would include:
(a) Truck driver or outside helper on a truck.
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(b) Operation of power-driven wood working machinery.
(c) Operation of power.driven hoisting apparatus.
(d) Roofing operations.
(e) Manufacturing brick, block, tile, etc.
(O F.xcavation operations.
Full-time students (regardless of age, but subject to child labor provisions), may be employed in retail or service establishments at 859'6 of the applicable minimum wage for up to 20 hours a week when school is in session, or 40 hours per week during vacation periods. Provided a full-time Student Certificate is obtained from the appropriate regional ollice of the Wagellour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor. This procedure is described in Labor Department Regulation 29, Part 519, "Employment of Full-Time Students at Sub-Minimum Wages."
The full-time Student Certificate issued by the Wage-Hour Division, after an application has been received, shows the percent of hours on a monthly basis for which full'time students may be employed at special rates. Student Learner sub-minimum wage certificates as provided for in Labor Department Regulations Part 520 entitled "Employment of Student Learners" may also be obtained under certain conditions.
