40.1-89 - Same; employment not allowed; revocation of certificate.
§ 40.1-89. Same; employment not allowed; revocation of certificate.
No child shall be employed pursuant to a work-training certificate asprovided in § 40.1-88 where such employment requires such child to work inany occupation which is deemed hazardous under § 40.1-100 A or regulationspromulgated thereunder. However, a child sixteen or seventeen years of agemay be employed in certain such occupations as part of a work-trainingprogram in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by theCommissioner. No child shall work in a work-training program except pursuantto a written agreement which shall provide: (1) that the work of such childshall be incidental to his training, shall be intermittent and for shortperiods of time and shall be under the direct and close supervision of acompetent and experienced person; (2) that safety instruction shall be givenby the school and correlated with on-the-job training given by the employer;and (3) that a schedule of organized and progressive work processes to beperformed shall have been prepared. Such written agreement shall set forththe name of the child so employed and shall be signed by the employer and thecoordinator of schools having jurisdiction. Copies of such agreement shallbe retained by the school and the employer, and a copy thereof shall be filedwith the Department.
Any such work-training certificate or written agreement may be revoked at anytime that it shall appear that reasonable precautions for the safety of suchchild have not been observed.
(Code 1950, § 40-100.4:1; 1960, c. 434; 1968, c. 277; 1970, c. 321; 1982, c.252; 1991, c. 511.)