Connecticut Department of Labor Permitted Occupations for 14 & 15 Year-Olds	Last Updated: May 20, 2009
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• Agriculture
• Street trades (newspaper delivery, shoe shining, baby-sitting, etc.)
• Hospitals (no food service or laundry)
• Convalescent homes (no food service or laundry)
• Hotels and motels (no food service or laundry)
• Banks
• Insurance companies
• Professional offices (lawyers, CPAs, etc.)
• Municipalities (library attendants, recreation departments, etc.)
• Golf caddies
• Acting
• Household chores for private homeowners (yard work, etc.)
• Licensed summer camps
• Mercantile/solicitation (see below)*

*15-year old may be employed or permitted to work in any mercantile establishment as a bagger, cashier, or stock clerk (see P.A. 08-108)

14 & 15 year-old minors may not be employed:

• During school hours.
• Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m., except from July 1 to Labor Day, when evening hours are extended to
  9 p.m.
• More than 3 hours per day on school days or 8 hours on non-school days.
• More than 18 hours a week in school weeks or 40 hours in non-school weeks.