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Employment in certain industries, such as entertainment and agriculture, is covered by different requirements than most other industries.
The FLSA prohibits employment of minors under the age of 14 except in certain limited occupations. These occupations include certain agricultural firms, the entertainment industry, newspaper delivery, homeworkers in the making of certain wreaths and employment on a farm owned or operated by a parent or guardian.
Both state and federal law prohibit minors from working in certain hazardous occupations. These occupations are explained in the Department of Industrial Relation's Child Labor Laws Summary Chart.
It is important to remember that you cannot employ minors for the purpose of driving a motor vehicle on public highways and streets.1 This includes delivering any type of goods from a motor vehicle.2
Current law regulates the employment of minors in the entertainment industry and requires a specified certification from a physician and surgeon for an infant younger than one month to be employed on any motion picture set or location.
Certification requirements for infants cover any employment in the “entertainment industry,” which the bill defines broadly to include any type of motion picture using any format (film, television, commercial), by any medium (theater, television, photography, advertising, etc.).
1. Vehicle Code sec. 12515
2. 29 CFR sec. 570.52(b)(6)