A. Children over the age of fourteen and under the age of sixteen years shall not be employed or permitted to labor at any gainful occupation for more than forty hours in any one week nor more than eight hours in any one day when school is not in session unless otherwise provided for in the Child Labor Act.

B. Children over the age of fourteen or under the age of sixteen shall not be employed unless otherwise provided for in the Child Labor Act:

(1) before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. during the calendar school year;

(2) before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. outside of the calendar school year;

(3) during school hours, except as provided for in work experience and career exploration programs;

(4) more than three hours per day during school days; or

(5) more than eighteen hours per week during school weeks.

History: Laws 1925, ch. 79, § 3; C.S. 1929, § 80-108; 1941 Comp., § 57-503; 1953 Comp., § 59-6-3; Laws 1973, ch. 115, § 3; 2007, ch. 257, § 6.

Cross references. — For children over age twelve permitted to sell or deliver newspapers, see 50-6-16 NMSA 1978.

The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, provided that children between fourteen and sixteen may not be employed for more than forty hours per week or eight hours in a day when school is not in session and added Subsection B.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Constitutionality of statute limiting hours of labor of children in private industry, 90 A.L.R. 815.

43 C.J.S. Infants § 99; 51B C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 1021, 1043.