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(a) No minor aged sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) shall be employed or permitted to work more than eight (8) hours in any one (1) day or more than

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19 Guam Code Ann. PERSONAL RELATIONS
CH. 11 CHILD LABOR LAW

forty (40) hours per week, nor shall a minor aged sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) be employed on a school night past 10 p.m.. During non-school nights, such minors may be employed up to 12 midnight; provided, however, they may not be employed before 6 a.m. on any week day of the year.

(b) No minor aged fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) shall be employed during school hours except as provided in school work experience or career exploration programs; and not before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m., or after 9 p.m. from June 1st through Labor Day; no minor aged fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) shall work more than three (3) hours a day on school days nor more than eighteen (18) hours a week in school weeks, nor more than eight (8) hours a day on non-school days, and not more than forty (40) hours a week in non-school weeks.

(c) A minor aged sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) who has graduated from high school or has been awarded a certificate of proficiency, or who is married or supporting dependents, or who has been declared an adult by a court, may be employed for the same hours as an adult, except such minor may not be employed past 12 midnight or not before 6 a.m. on any given day of the week.

(d) No minor under the age of eighteen (18) shall be employed or permitted to work for more than four (4) hours continuously without an interval of at least thirty (30) minutes for lunch or a rest period, and no period of less than thirty (30) minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of work.

(e) No minor under the age of eighteen (18) shall be employed or permitted to work during the time such minor is legally required to attend school.

(f) The term ‘school night’ when used in this § 11106 shall mean Sunday through Thursday nights, and shall also exclude nights preceding a holiday during a school week.

SOURCE: Amended by P.L. 14-127:14. Repealed and Reenacted by P.L. 22-118:3.