Senate Study Bill 1028 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND BUSINESS RELATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SCHULTZ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to hours of employment permitted under the 1 state child labor law. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1722XC (1) 88 je/rn
S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 92.7, Code 2019, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 92.7 Under sixteen —— hours permitted. 3 A person under sixteen years of age shall not be employed 4 with or without compensation, except as provided in sections 5 92.2 and 92.3 , before the hour of 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., 6 except during the period from June 1 Memorial Day through Labor 7 Day when the hours may be extended to 9:00 10:30 p.m. If such 8 person is employed for a period of five hours or more each 9 day, an intermission of not less than thirty minutes shall be 10 given. Such a person shall not be employed for more than eight 11 hours in one day, exclusive of intermission, and shall not be 12 employed for more than forty hours in one week. The hours of 13 work of persons under sixteen years of age employed outside 14 school hours shall not exceed four in one day or twenty-eight 15 in one week while school is in session. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill modifies an exception to the limitation on how 20 late a person under 16 years of age can be employed. The bill 21 permits a person under 16 years of age to be employed until 22 10:30 p.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Current law 23 permits such a person to be employed until 9:00 p.m. from June 24 1 through Labor Day. The limitation of 7:00 p.m. for the rest 25 of the year is maintained. 26 -1- LSB 1722XC (1) 88 je/rn 1/ 1