A minor under 14 years of age may not be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation at any time, except that a minor under 14 years of age may be employed or permitted to work as follows to the extent permitted under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 USC 201 to 219:

1. (1) School lunch. Minors 12 years of age or older may be employed in school lunch programs of the school that they attend.
2. (2) Public exhibitions. Minors under 14 years of age may be employed in public exhibitions as provided in s. 103.78, Stats.
3. (3) Street trades and fundraising. Minors 12 years of age or older may be employed in street trades, and any minor may work in fund–raising sales for nonprofit organizations, public schools, or private schools, as provided in ss. 103.21 to 103.31, Stats.

4. (4) Caddies on golf courses. Caddy services may only be provided in accordance with 29 CFR 570.33 (e).

   Note: 29 CFR 570.33 (e) prohibits minors who are 15 years of age or younger from operating, tending, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven golf carts.

5. (5) Farming. Minors 12 years of age or older may be employed in farming.
6. (6) Domestic employment. Minors 12 years of age or older may be employed in and around a home in work usual to the home of the employer, if the work is not in connection with or a part of the business, trade, or profession of the employer and the type of employment is not specifically prohibited by ss. 103.64 to 103.82, Stats., or this chapter.
7. (7) Parents or guardians employing their own children. Unless prohibited under s. 103.65, minors of any age may be employed under the direct supervision of the minor’s parent or guardian in connection with the parent’s or guardian’s business, trade, or profession.
8. (8) Football sideline officials. Minors 12 and 13 years of age may be employed as sideline officials to operate chains and the sideline marker for high school football games.
9. (9) Officials for privately-sponsored athletic events. Minors 12 and 13 years of age may be employed under direct adult supervision as officials for athletic events sponsored by private, nonprofit organizations in which the minor would be eligible to participate or in which the participants are the same age as or younger than the minor.
10. (10) Football ball monitors. Minors 11 to 13 years of age may be employed as ball monitors at high school football games and practices.
11. (11) Restitution or community service. Minors under 14 years of age may be employed as participants in a restitution project under s. 938.245 (2) (a) 5., 938.32 (1t) (a), 938.34 (5), or 938.345, Stats., in a supervised work program or other community service work under s. 938.245 (2) (a) 6., 938.32 (1t) (b), 938.34 (5g), 938.343 (3), or 938.345, Stats., or in the community service component of a youth report center program under s. 938.245 (2) (a) 9m., 938.32 (1p), 938.34 (7j), 938.342 (1d) (c) or (1g) (k), 938.343 (3m), 938.344 (2g) (a) 5., 938.345, or 938.355 (6) (d) 5. or (6m) (a) 4., Stats.

History

History: CR 04-010: cr. Register November 2004 No. 587, eff. 12-1-04; CR 26-015: r. (1), r. (2) (title), renum. (2) (intro.), (a) to (k) to (intro.)., (1) to (11) and, as renumbered, am. (4), (7) Register May 2026 No. 845, eff. 6-1-26.