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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 02/25/02
preston b. from IL said:
why cant 15 year old work in a resturant,store so we can become responiable young adult so we can buy our own clothes so we wont be out their selling drugs.
On 11/23/01
sean combs from NY said:
i think ryan is an animal for working on a farm
On 11/15/01
Ryan from KS said:
I think that any one should be able to work when they want to and on anything. I have been working on a farm as long as I can remember. I think it will prepare them for the future
On 10/16/01
amanda from Othe said:
can 14 year olds work with children during school hoidays
On 10/13/01
Jeff from CA said:
the same laws apply here in cal and I find those laws sensible. However! there are still many employers that are unaware of the eligibility. I recently went to an Ice Cream store to apply for a job. I was rejected because I was too young. but baskin robins however accepted my application and everything.
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