General Assembly Committee Bill No. 363
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3317
*03317SB00363LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 363
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3317
*03317SB00363LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT ALLOWING MINORS TO WORK IN FAMILY BUSINESSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 31-23 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a minor who has reached the age of fourteen may be employed or permitted to work as a caddie or in a pro shop at any municipal or private golf course or in a retail business or restaurant, provided such retail business or restaurant is owned by the minor's parent whether such parent is a biological parent, foster parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, legal guardian of a minor or an individual who stood in loco parentis to a minor, and provided such parent consents to such minor's employment, and a minor who has reached the age of fifteen may be employed or permitted to work in any mercantile establishment, as a bagger, cashier or stock clerk, provided such employment is (A) limited to periods of school vacation during which school is not in session for five consecutive days or more except that such minor employed in a retail food store may work on any Saturday during the year; (B) for not more than forty hours in any week; (C) for not more than eight hours in any day; and (D) between the hours of seven o'clock in the morning and seven o'clock in the evening, except that from July first to the first Monday in September in any year, any such minor may be employed until nine o'clock in the evening. (2) (A) Each person who employs a fourteen-year-old minor as a caddie or in a pro shop at any municipal or private golf course pursuant to this section shall obtain a certificate stating that such minor is fourteen years of age or older, as provided in section 10-193, and (B) each person who employs a fifteen-year-old minor in any mercantile establishment pursuant to this subsection shall obtain a certificate stating that such minor is fifteen years of age or older, as provided in section 10-193. Such certificate shall be kept on file at the place of employment and shall be available at all times during business hours to the inspectors of the Labor Department. (3) The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 31-23(b)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
31-23(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow minors to work in a family business provided such business is owned by the minor's parent, whether such parent is a biological parent, foster parent, adoptive parent, stepparent, legal guardian of a minor, or an individual who stood in loco parentis to a minor, and the parent consents to such employment.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
S.B. 363