Tex. Labor Code § 51.013
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 51.013, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 51.013. HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT; HARDSHIP EXEMPTION.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is employed by the person to work more than:
(1) eight hours in one day; or
(2) 48 hours in one week.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work:
(1) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day; or
(2) between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is not enrolled in summer school to work between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day during the time that school is recessed for the summer.
(d) The commission may adopt rules for determining whether hardships exist. If, on the application of a child, the commission determines that a hardship exists for that child, this section does not apply to that child.
(1) eight hours in one day; or
(2) 48 hours in one week.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work:
(1) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day; or
(2) between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is not enrolled in summer school to work between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day during the time that school is recessed for the summer.
(d) The commission may adopt rules for determining whether hardships exist. If, on the application of a child, the commission determines that a hardship exists for that child, this section does not apply to that child.
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