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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 07/26/02
Jesse from NY said:
i think its pathetic that i cant get a job here. i am trying so hard to make my own money so that i can buy my own stuff instead of asking my parents for money. im am a very responsible person and i think that just becaue im 14 i should be able to work anywhere!
On 07/24/02
Gail from CA said:
Truly, I doubt people want to hire young, unexperienced, teenagers to do the job. There's just some presumptions that come with an age.
On 07/08/02
nika from LA said:
it is hard to find a job i am 15 year old and can't work i think thats wrong and people wonder why teens be selling drugs i went to chick-fil-a and they said they start hiring at the age og 15 but they are looking for a 16 year old right now.
On 05/22/02
Joe from WI said:
Jobs are hard to find for a 14 year old, all i can get right now are lawn jobs. :(
On 05/17/02
Eunice from CA said:
14 year olds want jobs and most of them need them.14 year olds should be able to work just as long as their grades are good.I want and need a job and so do most kids my age and I think that we should be allowed too.
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