34-07 Child Labor
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 34-07CHILD LABOR34-07-01. Employment of minor under fourteen years of age prohibited. No minorunder fourteen years of age may be employed or permitted to work in any occupation except<br>farm labor, domestic service, or in the employment of, and under the direct supervision of, that<br>minor's parent, guardian, or grandparent. Domestic service includes services of a household<br>nature performed by an employee in or about a private home of the employer. No minor under<br>fourteen years of age may be employed in any business or service whatever during any part of<br>the hours when the public schools of the district in which the minor resides are in session.34-07-02.Certificate of employment required - Inspection - List of minorsemployed to be kept.A minor fourteen or fifteen years of age may not be employed orpermitted to work in any occupation except farm labor, domestic service, or in the employment<br>of, and under the direct supervision of, the minor's parent or guardian unless the minor is exempt<br>from compulsory school attendance under subdivisions b, c, and d of subsection 1 of section<br>15.1-20-02 or unless the minor has an employment certificate signed by the minor's parent or<br>guardian in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any person, firm, corporation, or<br>limited liability company employing a minor must keep on file a completed employment<br>certificate, for each minor, as provided in this chapter. The employment certificate must be<br>accessible to inspection by the principal of the school which the minor attends, a principal in the<br>municipality in which the minor resides, or the labor commissioner or the commissioner's agent<br>or representative.34-07-03. Question of age of minor employee - Who may raise - Duties of employer- Evidence required. Any person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company employing a<br>minor who appears to be under the age of sixteen years and for whom an employment certificate<br>is not filed as required by the provisions of this chapter, either shall furnish satisfactory evidence<br>that such minor is sixteen years of age or older or shall cease to employ such minor or to permit<br>the minor to work in such employment immediately after a demand is made upon the employer<br>to do so by:1.The principal of the school which the minor attends or a principal in the municipality<br>in which the minor resides;2.The labor commissioner or the commissioner's agent or representative; or3.Any other officer charged with the enforcement of child labor, compulsory school<br>attendance, or other child welfare laws.The officer making such demand may require the same evidence, and only the same evidence,<br>of age of the minor as is required on the issuance of an employment certificate under the<br>provisions of this chapter.34-07-04. Noncompliance with demand - Prima facie evidence in prosecution. If itis proved in any prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this chapter that a demand was<br>made by a proper officer upon the person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company named<br>as defendant in such prosecution, that such demand was in accordance with the provisions of<br>section 34-07-03, and that the defendant in such prosecution failed within the time therein limited<br>to comply therewith, such failure constitutes prima facie evidence that the minor for the<br>employment of whom the prosecution was instituted was under sixteen years of age at the time<br>of such employment and was unlawfully employed.34-07-05. Who may issue certificates - Where certificates may be obtained. Anemployment certificate must be in writing and must be issued by the minor's parent or guardian.<br>The parent or guardian who certifies, or rejects, the employment certificate must file a completed<br>copy with the department of labor, the employer, the principal of the school which the minor<br>attends, or a principal in the municipality in which the minor resides, within ten days ofPage No. 1certification or rejection. No employment certificate is required for any minor then in, or who is<br>about to enter, the minor's own employment or the employment of a firm, corporation, or limited<br>liability company of which the minor is a member, officer, or manager. The labor commissioner<br>shall make the certificates of employment available.34-07-06. Evidence of age of minor. The age of a minor who desires an employmentcertificate must be proved by:1.A certificate of proof of birth issued by the state registrar of vital statistics; or2.Documentary evidence satisfactory to the labor commissioner, such as a certificate<br>of arrival in the United States issued by the United States immigration officers and<br>showing the age of the child, a passport showing the age of the child, a valid driver's<br>license, a baptismal certificate, or a life insurance policy. Such other satisfactory<br>documentary evidence must have been in existence for at least one year, and in the<br>case of a life insurance policy, for at least four years.34-07-07. Letter of prospective employer required before employment certificateissued. Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 351, </p>
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