Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
Certificates
1) Employment certificates must
be obtained pursuant to Section 9 through 12 of the Act for all minors who wish
to be employed, used, or exhibited as models.
A) Issuing officers shall issue employment
certificates to minors enrolled in school.
B) The Regional or City Superintendent of
Schools shall issue employment certificates to those minors under school
age.
2) If the minor
applying for the permit is over ten (10) years of age, the consent of such
minor to the employment must be obtained in writing on the
certificate.
3) The employment
certificate for a child model shall terminate one year after the date of
issuance. A minor and/or his parents or guardians may reapply following the
procedures outlined in Section 9 through 12 of the Act.
4) No minor employed as a child model shall
be excused from attending school except as authorized pursuant to Section 26-1
of the School Code.
5) A copy of
the employment certificate for the child model shall accompany the minor at
each work location where the minor is employed, used or exhibited as a
model.
b) Employment
conditions
1) Every minor under fourteen years
of age employed, used or exhibited as a model shall be accompanied by the
parent or guardian of such minor or by an adult designated in writing by such
parent or guardian. However, for a minor under the age of ten (10) years so
employed, the employer may not be so designated by the parent or guardian,
unless the employer is in fact the parent.
2) No minor shall be employed, used or
exhibited as a model during the hours school is in session according to the
School Code.
A) Minors under eight (8) years
of age (0-7).
No minors under eight (8) years of age shall be employed,
used or exhibited as a model for more than two (2) hours in any one day, nor
more than ten (10) hours in any one week.
B) Minors eight (8) - thirteen (13) years of
age, inclusive.
No minor eight (8) - thirteen (13) years of age, shall be
employed, used or exhibited as a model for:
i) more than three (3) hours in any one day
in which school is in session; or
ii) more than four (4) hours in any one day
in which school is not in session; but
iii) not more than eighteen (18) hours a week
in which school is in session for three (3) or more days; or
iv) not more than twenty (20) hours during
any week in which school is not in session for at least three (3)
days.
C) Minors fourteen
(14) - fifteen (15) years of age, inclusive.
The terms and conditions of employment for minors fourteen
(14) and fifteen (15) years of age shall remain in accordance and consistent
with the provision established in Section 3 of the Act.
c) Child Labor Law
Controlling
All other provisions heretofore unmentioned, as found in
Sections 1-22 of the Act shall control and may be used in prosecution of any
employer of minors under sixteen years of age employed, used or exhibited as
models.
