How old do you have to be to work in a daycare center?
My mom’s friend owns a daycare center, and ive been volunteering there for months. She said she was open to giving me a paying job but she’s unsure of the legal age. Im 15 and i live in FL, anyone know when i could start working?
Thanks!
In the state of Florida, you have to be 16 to be counted in the child to teacher ratio and 18 to be left in charge of a group of children.
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June 21st, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Minors 14 and 15 may not work in these occupations:
• Operating any power-driven machinery other than office machines, including all power mowers and cutters
• Maintaining or repairing an establishment, machines, or equipment
• Working in freezers or meat coolers
• Operating, setting up, adjusting, or cleaning power-driven meat or vegetable slicers, grinders, food choppers, and cutters, and bakery type mixers
• Operating motor vehicles
• Manufacturing, mining, or processing occupations where goods are manufactured, mined, or processed
• Cooking (some exceptions apply) & baking
• Working in occupations in Transportation, Warehouse & Storage, Communications, and Construction (except clerical); boiler or engine rooms
• Loading and unloading trucks
• Working in public messenger services
** Handling certain dangerous animals
** Conducting door-to-door sales of products as employment (some exceptions)
** Spray painting
The State of Florida and the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act Protecting the Health, Education and Welfare of Minors in the Workplace.
This chart summarizes the child labor laws of the State of Florida and the Federal Fair Labor Standards (FSLA).
The stricter provisions must be observed and are denoted by bold lettering.
The Federal law in italics.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Minors 16 & 17
Florida: May NOT work during school hours unless they meet a criterion of the Hour Restrictions listed below. FSLA: No Limitations
Minors 14 & 15 – Under 14 years old MAY NOT WORK
Florida & FLSA: May not work during school hours (some exceptions apply).
I live in Florida and know a 15 year old with his parents sined permission he could work if it did not interfear with his school hours. Also I don’t think he could work more than 30 hours per week.
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June 21st, 2010 at 8:00 pm
It all depends on the center. They all have different policies, some require you to be eighteen and have a high school diploma, some require you to have a year or two of college even. Very few day cares allow sixteen year olds though. You can check around but it’s rare. They all require you to be first aid and cpr certified though
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June 21st, 2010 at 8:28 pm
This website should tell you exactly what your looking for. It covers all laws pretaining to minors in florida employment system.
http://www.laborlawtalk.com/showthread.php?t=4697
By the way what a wonderful choice and to have been doing voulenterily, very respectable. But yeah money helps =^P
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June 21st, 2010 at 8:43 pm
In the state of Florida, you have to be 16 to be counted in the child to teacher ratio and 18 to be left in charge of a group of children.
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June 21st, 2010 at 9:32 pm
It’s always legal to work when you are 18. You still need parental consent below that. If your parents allows you to work that will be fine.
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http://www.howtostartadaycare.com