Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-5-104 (2026)
Employment of minors fourteen or fifteen years of age
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) A minor who is either fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) years of age may be employed in connection with any gainful occupation that:
- (1) Does not interfere with the minor's schooling, health or well-being;
- (2) Is not prohibited by subsection (b); or
- (3) Is not prohibited by § 50-5-106.
- (b) A minor who is either fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) years of age may not be employed:
- (1) During school hours;
- (2) Between the hours of seven o'clock p.m. (7:00 p.m.) and seven o'clock a.m. (7:00 a.m.), if the next day is a school day;
- (3) Between the hours of nine o'clock p.m. (9:00 p.m.) and six o'clock a.m. (6:00 a.m.);
- (4) More than three (3) hours a day on school days;
- (5) More than eighteen (18) hours a week during a school week;
- (6) More than eight (8) hours a day on nonschool days; or
- (7) More than forty (40) hours a week during nonschool weeks.
Acts 1976, ch. 480, § 4; 1978, ch. 541, § 2; T.C.A., § 50-704.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2001–2012 · leading case: Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010).
Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-5-104 (2008). . Tenn.”
Publix Super Markets, Inc. v. Tennessee Dep't of Labor & Workforce Dev., Labor Standards Div., 402 S.W.3d 218 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “cord for each minor employed, which shall be kept at the location of the minor’s employment and shall include: (A) An employment application; (B) A copy of the minor’s birth certificate or other evidence of the minor’s age as provided in § 50-5-109; (C) An accurate time record…”
Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc. - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010). “The decedent’s former wife appealed on behalf of the daughters. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held: In the absence of direction from the decedent, a surviving spouse, or, failing such a spouse (as here), then the decedent’s 13 Tenn.”
John Doe v. Mama Taori's Premium Pizza, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “-7- they are fourteen [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-5-104 (1999)]; they may obtain a driver’s license at sixteen [ Tenn.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.