OBTAINING A WORK PERMIT Minors under 16 years old need to obtain a work permit. For detailed information regarding work permits go to the following website http://www.maine.gov/labor/labor_laws/publications/minorsguide.html During the school year students requiring a work permit need to do the following: (during the summer skip #2) 1. Have a job. 2. Obtain a preliminary work permit application from the Guidance Office. (sample below) 3. Take with a parent, social security card, birth certificate and preliminary work permit application (not needed in summer) to the Superintendent’s Office. Basic information regarding work hours. Legal Work Hours for Minors Employers must keep daily time records for minors. The records must show what time the minor began work, total hours worked, and what time the minor finished for the day. Child labor laws specify how early, how late and how long minors can work. See below for details. Following are the hours and times minors may work: A. Minors under 16 years old Work Hours • • •

Between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. during the school year Between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. during summer vacations only Not during school hours Maximum Hours

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3 hours a day on school days, including Fridays 18 hours in any week during a school week 40 hours in a week with no school 8 hours on days without school (during weekends, holidays, vacations, storm days, etc.) No more than 6 days in a row B. 16- and 17-Year Olds (enrolled in school, including home-school)

The Maine law which limits hours for 16- and 17-year-old workers includes several exceptions. Federal law does not limit work hours for 16- and 17-year olds. Work hours (may work) •

After 7 a.m. on a school day

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After 5 a.m. on a nonschool day Until 10:15 p.m. on a day before a school day Until midnight if no school the next day Minors under 17 may NOT work during school hours Maximum hours (may work)

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6 hours on a school day; 8 hours on the last school day of the week - there are some exceptions for co-op (work-study) students, and students with an alternative education plan with a work component. 10 hours a day on weekends, holidays, vacations, teacher workshops 24 hours a week in any week with 3 or more school days 50 hours a week each week there are less than 3 scheduled school days or during 1st and last week of school year May NOT work more than 6 days in a row C. Exceptions

Students enrolled in an approved alternative education plan or an approved cooperative/vocational education program can work the daily or weekly hours required for the program without having those hours count toward the regular maximums allowed. For example, a 17-year-old student could work 15 hours under a cooperative/vocational education plan plus the 20 hours that the law would normally allow for a student under 18 years old. The following are exempt from all of the State hourly restrictions: 1.

2. 3. 4. 5.

A minor employed in the planting, cultivating or harvesting of field crops or other agricultural employment not in direct contact with hazardous machinery or substances. (Federal child labor laws for agriculture are different. See Section IX. Federal Prohibited Occupations.) A minor working as an employed or in-training actor; A minor working at a children’s camp; A minor who is legally emancipated; Minors employed in fishing occupations or in the operation of ferries or excursion boats are exempt from the weekly and hourly restrictions only while school is not in session

CUMBERLAND - NORTH YARMOUTH M.S.A.D. No. 51 Dr. Robert Hasson Jr. - Superintendent Scott Poulin- Director of Finance, Human Resources, & Operations PRELIMINARY WORK PERMIT APPLICATION Must be completed before formal application at Superintendent’s Office

STUDENT:_________________________GRADE:___________________ SCHOOL: Greely High School, 303 Main St, Cumberland ME 04021

To be completed by a school official. Conditions that must be met at the school level for workers under the age of 16. A.

Is the student enrolled in school?_______

B.

Is the student habitually truant?_______

C.

Is the student passing a majority of courses this marking period?______

________________________________ Principal Signature (or designee)

__________________ Date

You must have the following items before you can fill out a formal worker’s permit application at the Superintendent’s office. A. B.

C.

You must have a job. You must bring the following items to the Superintendent’s office 1. Preliminary worker’s permit that has been filled out by Guidance 2. Your social security card 3. Your birth certificate Your parent/guardian must accompany you to the Superintendent’s office.

M.S.A.D. No. 51 Superintendent’s Office * P.O. Box 6A 357 Tuttle Road, Cumberland, Me. 04021 * Phone 829-4800