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Question: Can employers refuse to hire 14-year-olds if they hire 15-year-olds in AZ?

Answer: Arizona law does not forbid an employer from refusing to hire 14-year-olds, while hiring 15-year-olds.

However, Arizona statues do have various restrictions regarding the employment of children under the age of 16. Arizona Law (ARS §23-232) says that children under 16 are prohibited from working in, about, or in connection with:

-manufacturing
-processing
-laundering or dry cleaning in a commercial laundry
-warehousing
-construction
-boiler, furnace, or engine rooms
-occupations involving work from a ladder, scaffold, windowsill, or similar structures, or places more than five feet in height
-certain activities in retail food or gasoline service establishments.

Another Arizona Law (ARS §23-231) has more restrictions for employment of children under 18 years old.

In addition, there are limitations placed on the hours that may be worked by children under the age of 16. Minors under the age of 16 may not work more than 3 hours per day and 18 hours per week when enrolled in school. When not enrolled in school or when school is not in session, minors under the age of 16 may not work more than 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week.

Read more information about U.S. child labor laws from the U.S. Department of Labor
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On 04/06/03
manda from OR said:
here in oregon not many people will hire a 15 year old, like the one girl said about subway...my mother is the manager of one and that is true you are not aloud to work around and sharp object there for there is basicly nothing you can do....although i have found some(but very little)places that would hire me it seems as if none are hiring because there are so many people my age that need and want a job it is almost imposible to find one that will hire and IS hiring.....i have found that sum car washes will hire a 15teen year old though
On 03/27/03
jon from OH said:
I'm a hard woker and i owe my mom money and i love to work but noone will hire
On 03/26/03
Priya from NY said:
I think all teens my age should be able to work because we need money for the things our parents cant afford. I think if our parents say that we can work then we should be able to.
On 03/26/03
brad_sk88 from Othe said:
Really, we NEED jobs. I know 40 15-year-olds who dont have enough money for a car, and their parents can't give them one. It is one of the most NECESSAERY times to have a job. Am I Right?
On 03/18/03
~*~*Alexzia*~*~ from AZ said:
*~*~I just wanted to comment on the fact that i have put forth the effort and time to find a job that hires perople under age and i can't seem to find any. I agree with the young girl who said that we can work harder and just as hard as 16- 17 year olds. Subway told me that they couldn't hire me because i was just a baby and that under the law he couldn't even give me a plastic fork to work with. I need money to provide for my education. Summer school is $200 per credit and i would like to get two credits this summer but can't due to non employment. I need those credits to go on to a universit
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