AB215

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act and existing state law establish certain standards relating to the employment of children. (29 U.S.C. § 212, 29 C.F.R. Part 570; chapter 609 of NRS) When such federal and state standards are different, the standards that provide the most protection to children apply. (29 U.S.C. § 218) With certain exceptions, both existing federal and state law restrict the daily and weekly number of hours worked in authorized employment by children who are 14 and 15 years of age. (29 C.F.R. § 570.35; NRS 609.240) In part, existing state law prohibits children who are 14 and 15 years of age from being employed, subject to certain exceptions, more than 48 hours in any 1 week. (NRS 609.240) Section 2 of this bill reduces the maximum allowable number of weekly work hours under this prohibition to 40 hours in any 1 week. With the exception of working as certain messengers, existing state law does not place restrictions on the times of day worked in authorized employment by children who are 14 years of age and older and under 18 years of age. (NRS 609.230, 609.240) However, existing federal law limits the times of day worked in authorized employment by children who are 14 and 15 years of age to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., except between June 1 and Labor Day when the evening hours are extended to 9 p.m. (29 C.F.R. § 570.35) Section 2 prohibits, with certain exceptions, work between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. on any night immediately preceding a school day by a