Is it legal to work more than 40 hours in 5 days if im 15?

cyndee

It is legal, they just have to pay you overtime for the time over 40 hours.

Jennifer A

It's not. Under 18 you usually have to have atleast a half hour break. During school you cant work past 7pm (under 16 years old), and you can't work more then 40 hours consecutivley.

Shane

I actually looked this up out of curiosity although I am in the United States. That is alot of hours and not even acceptable here. Your laws are as follows:

The age 16 is widely quoted as the minimum age to work in the UK. In fact, the law says you can take a full-time job after the last Friday in June before your 16th birthday, provided that birthday falls before the start of the next school year. So if you were turning 16 in August you can start working on Saturday 28 June. No. Not legal you are even working if your sixteenth birthday is not within the next two months and certainly not those hours.

Starry Eyed

Depends on what state you live in as every state has different laws. But, I am pretty sure having a 15 year old working more than 40 hours is against child labor laws.

In SC, which I think just uses federal law, if it falls within one regular work week(ie. sunday through saturday) then you can't exceed 40 hours, even in the summertime. I think you can only work something like 16 or 20 hours during the week, but they should have a poster posted somewhere at the job. It's a legal requirement.

S E

No it is not according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
You need to check your State Child Labor Laws too. According to this, you can work 18 hours in a school week and 40 in a non-school week, and only 8 hours a day in a non-school week.

Youth & Labor

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Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), youths 14 and 15 years old may work outside school hours in various non-manufacturing, non-mining, non-hazardous jobs under certain conditions.

Permissible work hours for 14- and 15-year-olds are:

3 hours on a school day;
18 hours in a school week;
8 hours on a non-school day;
40 hours in a non-school week; and
between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor Day, when nighttime work hours are extended to 9 p.m.

Child labor laws vary from state from state. Please consult your state department of labor for this information.

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