CHAPTER 164

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 40-97 and _40-100.8 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the employment of children under eighteen years

of age.
a [H 89]
Approved March 4, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 40-97 and 40-100.3 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 40-97. Except as provided in §§ 40-108 to 40-111 and 40-114, no
child under eighteen years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered
to work in, about or in connection with any gainful occupation:

(1) More than six days in any one week, except on farms, orchards
or in gardens;

(2) More than forty hours in any one week;

(3) More than eight hours in any one day; nor

(4) Before the hour of seven o’clock in the morning or after the hour
of six o’clock in the evening, except on farms, in orchards or in gardens
or as otherwise provided in § 40-100.8.

Boys sixteen and seventeen years of age may be employed until mid-
night, and girls of such age who are enrolled in school may be employed
until ten o’clock in the evening, and girls of such age who are not enrolled
in school may be employed until eleven o’clock in the evening.

No child under eighteen years of age shall be employed or permitted
to work for more than five hours continuously without an interval of at least
thirty minutes for a lunch period, and no period of less than thirty minutes
shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of work.

§ 40-100.3. A vacation or part-time employment certificate shall per-
mit the employment of a child between fourteen and eighteen years of age
only during school vacation periods or on days when school is not in
session, or outside school hours on school days. Such certificate for vaca-
tion or part-time employment of a child between fourteen and sixteen years
of age may authorize the employment of such child until ten o’clock in the
evening on any day not followed by a school day.