29 CFR § 570.31 - Secretary's determinations concerning the employment of minors 14 and 15 years of age.

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title: "29 CFR § 570.31 - Secretary's determinations concerning the employment of minors 14 and 15 years of age."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "570.31"
section_name: "Secretary's determinations concerning the employment of minors 14 and 15 years of age."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS"
part_number: "570"
part_name: "CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION"
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regulatory_source: "16 FR 7008, July 20, 1951, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 28 FR 1634, Feb. 21, 1963, and further redesignated and amended at 36 FR 25156, Dec. 29, 1971."
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# 570.31 Secretary's determinations concerning the employment of minors 14 and 15 years of age.

The employment of minors between 14 and 16 years of age in the occupations, for the periods, and under the conditions specified in § 570.34 and § 570.35, does not interfere with their schooling or with their health and well-being and shall not be deemed to be oppressive child labor.

[75 FR 28448, May 20, 2010]