Virginia Code
Va. Code Ann. § 40.1-78 (2026)
Employment of children under fourteen and sixteen
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A. No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with any gainful occupation except as specified in this chapter.
B. No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with any gainful occupation during school hours unless he has reached the age of fourteen and is enrolled in a regular school work-training program and a work-training certificate has been issued for his employment as provided in § 40.1-88.
C. Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of §§ 40.1-100 A, 40.1-100.1, 40.1-100.2, 40.1-101 and 40.1-102.
Code 1950, § 40-96; 1956, c. 567; 1960, c. 434; 1968, c. 264; 1970, c. 321; 1991, c. 511.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1998–1998 · leading case: Howarth v. Rockingham Pub. Co., Inc., 20 F. Supp. 2d 959 (W.D. Va. 1998).
Howarth v. Rockingham Pub. Co., Inc., 20 F. Supp. 2d 959 (W.D. Va. 1998). “and finds that Howarth, though almost twelve at the time she was assaulted while delivering newspapers, had been eleven when hired for the position in apparent violation of the Virginia child labor laws, Va.Code §§ 40.1-78 and 40.1-109 (Michie 1994 & Supp.”
Schleifer Ex Rel. Schleifer v. City of Charlottesville, 159 F.3d 843 (4th Cir. 1998). “, Va. Code Ann. § 40.1-78 ; see also Prince, 321 U.”
Shifflett v. Lewis, 47 Va. Cir. 95 (Rockingham Cir. Ct. 1998). “); §§40.1-78 to 40.1-116 (child labor laws); §§40.”
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