Adolescent Worker Law & Legal Definition

Adolescent workers refer to young workers of age between sixteen or seventeen. An adolescent worker’s employment is restricted. They should not work more than eight hours a day and not more than forty hours a week. No adolescent worker may work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. or 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. S/he is entitled to twelve consecutive hours' rest between each working day, two days' weekly rest, and a 30-minute rest break when working longer than 4½ hours. An adolescent worker is also entitled to four weeks' paid annual leave. Employers are obliged to pay an adolescent employee the federal minimum wage. Adolescent workers are entitled to a safe and healthy work environment.