Georgia Code, Title 39, Chapter 2 - Regulation of Employment of Minors

• § 39-2-1 - Restrictions on Employment of Minors Under 16 Years of Age
  No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed by or permitted to work in or about any mill, factory, laundry, manufacturing establishment,...
• § 39-2-2 - Employment of Minors Under 16 Years of Age Generally -- Dangerous Employment
  No minor under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted to work at any occupation or in any position which the...
• § 39-2-3 - Employment of Minors Under 16 Years of Age Generally -- Hours of Work Generally
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no minor under 16 years of age shall be permitted to work for any person, firm, or...
• § 39-2-4 - Employment of Minors Under 16 Years of Age Generally -- Employment During School Hours
  No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation during the hours when public or...
• § 39-2-5 - Employment of Minors Under 16 Years of Age Generally -- Delivery of Messages
  No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed in the delivery of messages by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the...
• § 39-2-6 - Employment of Minors Under 16 Years of Age Generally -- Sale or Delivery of Newspapers
  Minors under 16 years of age may be employed to sell or deliver newspapers in residential areas between the hours of 5:00 A.M. and...
• § 39-2-7 - Employment of Minors Under 16 Years of Age Generally -- Maximum Hours of Employment
  No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation covered by this chapter for more...
• § 39-2-8 - Employment of Minors 15 Years of Age During School Vacation Months
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1629, § 1, effective July 1, 1988.
• § 39-2-9 - Employment of Minors Under 12 Years of Age Generally
  No minor under 12 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation at any time, provided that this...
• § 39-2-10 - Employment of Minors 12 and 13 Years of Age in Wholesale and Retail Stores
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1981, p. 792, § 1, effective April 7, 1981.
• § 39-2-11 - Employment Certificates -- Required; Requirements for Issuance
  (a) Minors who are at least 12 years of age but less than 16 years of age shall not be employed by or permitted...
• § 39-2-11.1 - Employment of Minors 14 Years of Age or Older During School Vacation Months for Care of Lawns, Gardens, and Shrubbery
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the Commissioner of Labor adopted pursuant to the provisions of Code...
• § 39-2-12 - Employment Certificates -- Contents; Availability of Blank Forms; Filing of Duplicate Copies
  (a) Employment certificates shall state the full name, date, and place of birth of the minor; the name and address of the parents, guardian,...
• § 39-2-13 - Employment Certificates -- Disposition of Certificates Upon Termination of Employment or Failure to Appear for Work for 30 Days; Requirements As to Issuance of Subsequent Certificates
  (a) Upon termination of employment of any minor between 12 and 16 years of age, the employer shall return the employment certificate to the...
• § 39-2-14 - Employment Certificates -- Revocation of Certificates by Commissioner of Labor
  The Commissioner of Labor may at any time revoke any employment certificate if in his or her judgment the employment certificate was improperly issued....
• § 39-2-15 - Maximum Hours of Employment of Minors; Effect of Contracts Providing Longer Hours
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1629, § 2, effective July 1, 1988.
• § 39-2-16 - Prohibition on Corporal Punishment of Minors; Actions for Damages
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1629, § 3, effective July 1, 1988.
• § 39-2-17 - Improper Dispositions of Minor Under 12; Penalty
  (a) Any person who shall sell, apprentice, give away, let out, or otherwise dispose of any minor under 12 years of age to any...
• § 39-2-18 - Applicability of Provisions of Chapter to Minors Employed As Actors or Performers
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, nothing in this chapter shall apply to any minor employed as an actor...
• § 39-2-19 - Enforcement of Chapter
  It shall be the duty of the Department of Labor to enforce this chapter and the Commissioner of Labor shall issue rules and regulations...
• § 39-2-20 - Penalty for Violations of Chapter
  Any person, firm, or corporation or agent thereof violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 39-2-21 - Injunctions
  Any person, firm, or corporation or agent thereof violating any of the provisions of this chapter may be enjoined from employing the minor involved...

Last modified: October 14, 2016