Child labour law, enacted by the Federal Government, restricts when children can work and what jobs they can do. Teens hired for non agricultural employment (which is just about everything other than farm work) must be at least fourteen and during the school year, hours are limited to 3 hours a day and 18 hours a week on days when there's no school and in the summer, working hours increase to 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week. There are limits on when children can work, too - no later than 7 p.m. during the school year and no later than 9 p.m. between June 1 and Labour Day. Fourteen- and 15- year-olds may be employed in restaurants and quick-service establishments outside school hours in a variety of jobs for limited periods of time and under specified conditions. Sixteen- and 17-year-olds may be employed for unlimited hours in any occupation other than those declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labour. Once a youth reaches 18 years of age, he or she is no longer subject to the federal youth employment and child labour law provisions.[1][1] About.com:job searching http://jobsearch.about.com/od/employmentlaw/a/childlaborlaw.htm accessed date 28 oct 2010
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