Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 507 – Minors under 18 years of age
(a) A minor under 18 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work in, about or in connection with:
(1) Any occupation prohibited by the United States Secretary of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act [29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.];
(2) Blast furnaces;
(3) Docks or wharves, other than marinas where pleasure boats are sold or serviced;
(4) Railroads;
(5) The erection and/or repair of electrical wires;
(6) Distilleries where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, bottled, labelled, wrapped or packaged;
(7) The manufacturing of dangerous or toxic chemicals or compounds;
(8) Any other occupation which the Secretary deems injurious to the health, safety, welfare or morals of the minor;
(9) Any occupation as a pilot, firefighter or engineer on any vessel or boat engaged in commerce; or
(10) Any occupation as a messenger for a telegraph, telephone or messenger company in the distribution, delivery, collection or transmission of goods or messages before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. of any day in any town or city having a population of over 20,000 persons.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 507
- employment: means to suffer or permit to work, but does not include:
- Minor: means a person under the age of 18 years;
(5) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor for the State or the Secretary's authorized representative. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 502
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a minor under 18 years of age who is enrolled in a work-study, student-learner, apprenticeship or similar program where the employment is an integral part of the course of study, and the employment is procured and supervised by the school system or by a federal or state monitored apprenticeship program.
(c) A minor under 18 years of age shall not spend more than 12 hours in a combination of school hours and work hours per day.
(d) A minor under 18 years of age shall have at least 8 consecutive hours of nonwork, nonschool time each 24-hour day.
(e) A minor under 18 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work more than 5 hours continuously without a nonworking period of at least one half hour.
27 Del. Laws, c. 176, §§ ?2-5, 8; Code 1915, §§ ?3145, 3148; 29 Del. Laws, c. 232; 33 Del. Laws, c. 202; Code 1935, §§ ?3602, 3605; 19 Del. C. 1953, § ?512; 57 Del. Laws, c. 669, § ?6A; 68 Del. Laws, c. 173, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;