HB 57: "An Act relating to expanding the period in a day during which an employed child under 16 years of age may perform work in the summer; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 57 01 "An Act relating to expanding the period in a day during which an employed child 02 under 16 years of age may perform work in the summer; and providing for an effective 03 date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 23.10.340(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed for more than a 07 combined total of nine hours of school attendance and employment in one day. Except 08 as provided in (c) of this section, if [IF] employed, the minor's work 09 (1) may be performed only 10 (A) between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.; 11 (B) [5 a.m. AND 9 p.m. EMPLOYMENT] outside school 12 hours; and 13 (2) may not exceed 23 hours in one week, domestic work and baby- 14 sitting excepted.
01 * Sec. 2. AS 23.10.340 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 02 (c) A minor who is 14 or 15 years of age may be employed during the period 03 beginning June 1 and ending the first Monday of September each year, if 04 (1) the work is performed between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 05 p.m.; 06 (2) the total number of hours worked does not exceed 40 hours in one 07 week or eight hours in one day; and 08 (3) the minor is not enrolled in a school term. 09 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 10 read: 11 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WAIVER; 12 NOTICE TO REVISOR OF STATUTES. The commissioner of labor and workforce 13 development shall immediately request from the United States Secretary of Labor a waiver 14 from compliance with the requirement under 29 C.F.R. 570.35(a) that a minor who is 14 or 15 15 years of age may be employed only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. during the period 16 beginning June 1 and ending the first Monday of September each year. The commissioner of 17 labor and workforce development shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing if the waiver is 18 granted. 19 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 20 read: 21 CONDITIONAL EFFECT. AS 23.10.340(c), enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, takes 22 effect only if the commissioner of labor and workforce development notifies the revisor of 23 statutes in writing under sec. 3 of this Act, on or before January 1, 2029, that the United States 24 Secretary of Labor has granted the waiver under sec. 3 of this Act. 25 * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).