Paperwork heavy process; Allow a fair amount of time to obtain a work permit. Records to be maintained for 3 years include issued entertainment work permits; hours worked each day, including starting time and ending time; and total hours worked each workweek.

You should fill out the “Entertainment Application for Employment of a Minor” and send to the parent for review and signature. Then email or fax the completed form to Lindsay Moore at the Arkansas Department of Labor, Labor Standards division. Follow up with the AR DoL to get the approved work permit.

• Arkansas Department of Labor & Licensing
• Arkansas Department of Labor & Licensing – Child Labor
• Administrative Rules Relating to Child Labor (PDF)
• Entertainment Application for Employment of a Minor (PDF)

Labor Standards Division
10421 West Markham St.
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501) 682-4500
asklabor@arkansas.gov

Labor Standards Division
Lindsay Moore
Labor Standards Manager
(501) 682-4534
(501) 682-4506 FAX
lindsay.moore@arkansas.gov

Minors can only work between the hours of 5:00am and 10:00pm, except on nights preceding non-school days, which may be extended till 12:30am.

No child between the age of 15 days to 6 months may be exposed to bright lights for more than thirty (30) seconds at any one time.

• 15 days old to under 6 weeks old
  • One nurse per three children
• 6 weeks old to under 6 months old
  • One nurse per 10 children

All work hours are exclusive of the meal period. The work hours shall be extended by a meal period that must be at least one-half (1/2) hour, and no more than one (1) hour in duration.

A child shall receive a twelve (12) hour rest break at the end of his or her workday and prior to the commencement of his or her next day of work for the same employment.

• §010.14-312 Entertainment Work Permit
• §010.14-313 Hours and Rest Time
• §010.14-314 Insurance
• §010.14-315 Safety and Supervision
• §010.14-316 Schooling

• §010.14-317 Children Under Sixteen (16)
• §010.14-318 Children Under Seventeen (17)

• §010.14-319 Records To Be Maintained
• §010.14-320 Record Accessibility
• §010.14-321 Record Retention

Florida has several child labor regulations specific to the entertainment industry. Florida requires a Permit to Hire, Parental Authorization for Medical Care, and a Final Report.

Prior to production, employers should complete the “Application for Permit to Hire Minors by the Entertainment Industry” and submit to the Florida DBPR via email. If minors are to be employed more hours than allowed by the entertainment rule, or there is need for other variances, a waiver is required. Additionally, some situations require a narrative justification to explain “how the health, education, and welfare of the minor will not be adversely affected” during production. Finally, within 10 business days of the end of production, a “Child Labor Program Final Report” must be submitted to the Florida DBPR.

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Florida DBPR: Child Labor – Entertainment Industry
Florida Application for Permit to Hire Minors (PDF)
Florida Child Labor Program Final Report (PDF)
Child Labor Rule 61L-2.006, Florida Administrative Code: Employment of Minors by the Entertainment Industry

Child Labor Program
Sophia Terrelonge
Program Manager
(850) 488-3131
ChildLabor.Entertainment@myfloridalicense.com

Child Labor Entertainment Regulation
Debra Russell
Government Analyst
(850) 717-1529
Debra.Russell@myfloridalicense.com

• Minors can only work between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.
• Minors cannot work more than six (6) consecutive days

• All work hours are exclusive of the meal period.
• The work hours shall be extended by a meal period not longer than one-half (1/2) hour.

The employer shall set the minor’s dismissal on the last day of the minor’s employment so that the minor will have a twelve (12) hour rest period between the end of the employment period and the minor’s return to his or her regular school. For example, a minor returning to his regular school at 8:30 a.m. shall be dismissed from employment by 8:30 p.m. the previous evening.

If unexpected, or emergency situations arise which will result in violation of applicable work hours restrictions for a minor, and prior application for Partial Waiver is not possible, the Department shall grant an after-the-fact Partial Waiver for Emergency Extension of Work Hours, provided the employer notifies the Department of the situation which required the extended work hours on the next working day, and demonstrates that the situation was resolved with the best interest of the minor in mind.

There is no child work permit process in Idaho. However, there are a few questions here about Idaho Child Labor Regulations that remain a little vague and may need additional clarification depending on individual productions.

The Idaho Department of Labor has stated that it does not enforce child labor laws in the state. They rely upon the US DOL to enforce federal child labor laws under the Fair Labor Standards Act. If they get reports of violations of state or federal regulations, they will investigate and pass off their finding to the US DOL.

While there are Idaho restrictions on work hours during school (44-1301) they will defer to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the exemptions provided for children working as actors, models, and performers.

The Idaho Child Labor restrictions listed below should be noted, but it appears the production should follow all Federal Guidelines where applicable.

Idaho Department of Labor
Idaho Legislature – Title 44 Labor, Chapter 13 Child Labor Law
Guide to Idaho Labor Laws

Artie L. Holmes
Program Supervisor
Labor Compliance Officer
(208) 332-3579 ext 3659
Artie.Holmes@labor.idaho.gov
(208) 639-3257 FAX

Karen Duran
Labor Compliance Officer
(208) 332-3579 ext. 3555
Karen.Duran@labor.idaho.gov
(208) 639-3257 FAX

Marina Reynoso
Labor Compliance Officer
(208) 332-3579 ext. 3195
Marina.Reynoso@labor.idaho.gov
(208) 639-3257 FAX

Jeff Barker
Labor Compliance Officer
(208) 332-3579 ext. 3978
Jeffrey.Barker@labor.idaho.gov
(208) 639-3257 FAX

Paul Withers
Labor Compliance Officer
(208) 332-3579 ext 3559
Paul.Withers@labor.idaho.gov
(208) 639-3257 FAX

No child under fourteen (14) years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in or in connection with any mine, factory, workshop, mercantile establishment, store, telegraph or telephone office, laundry, restaurant, hotel, apartment house, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen (14) years of age in any business or service whatever during the hours in which the public schools of the district in which the child resides are in session, or before the hour of six o’clock in the morning, or after the hour of nine o’clock in the evening: provided, that any child over the age of twelve (12) years may be employed at any of the occupations mentioned in this chapter during the regular vacations of two (2) weeks or more of the public schools of the district in which such child resides. Provided however, a student may be employed by the public schools of the district for a maximum of ten (10) hours per week provided such employment is voluntary and with the consent of the student’s legal guardian.

No minor who is under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed or permitted to work at any gainful occupation during the hours that the public schools of the school district in which he resides are in session, unless he can read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, and has received instructions in spelling, English grammar and geography and is familiar with the fundamental operations of arithmetic up to and including fractions, or has similar attainments in another language.

No person under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed or suffered or permitted to work at any gainful occupation more than fifty-four (54) hours in any one week, nor more than nine (9) hours in any one day; nor before the hour of six o’clock in the morning nor after the hour of nine o’clock in the evening.

Any person, whether as parent, relative, guardian, employer or otherwise, having the care, custody or control of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years, who exhibits, uses or employs in any manner or under any pretense, sells, apprentices, gives away, lets out or disposes of such child to any person, under any name, title or pretense, for or in any business, exhibition or vocation, injurious to the health or dangerous to the life or limb of such child, or in or for the vocation, occupation, service or purpose of singing, playing on musical instruments, rope or wire walking, dancing, begging or peddling, or as a gymnast, acrobat, or contortionist, or rider, or in any place whatsoever, or for any obscene, indecent or immoral purposes, exhibition or practice whatsoever, or for or in any mendicant, or wandering business whatsoever, or who causes, procures or encourages such child to engage therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than $250, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Every person who takes, receives, hires, employs, uses, exhibits, or has in custody any child under the age [of sixteen (16) years] and for any of the purposes mentioned in this section is guilty of a like offense and punishable by like imprisonment. Nothing in this section contained applies to or affects the employment or use of any such child as a singer or musician in any church, school or academy, or the teaching or learning of the science or practice of music.