POLICY 06:12:03

EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS

This policy is consistent with Tennessee Board of Regents Policy No. 5:01:00:05

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to establish the criteria and process for employment of minors at
Pellissippi State Community College.

Policy

1. Employment of Minors
   1. Pellissippi State Community College has adopted the following policy concerning
      age restrictions and conditions of employment.
   2. No person under the age of sixteen (16) may be employed by Pellissippi State.
   3. Minors who are sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) may be employed under the
      following conditions:
      1. This employment must not interfere with the minor’s health or well-being.
      2. If the minor is enrolled in school, this employment may not be during
         those hours when the minor is required to attend class.
      3. A minor must have a 30-minute unpaid break or meal period if scheduled
         to work 6 hours consecutively. However, this break or meal period may
         not occur during or before the first hour of scheduled work activity.,/li>
   4. Minors must not be employed in connection with the following:
      1. Occupations in or about establishments storing explosives or articles
         containing explosive components or potentially hazardous chemicals;
      2. Motor vehicle driving occupations;
      3. Occupations involved in the operation of power-driven woodworking
         machines;
      4. Occupations involving exposure to radioactive substances and to ionizing
         radiation;
      5. Occupations involved in the operation of elevator and other power-driven
         hoisting apparatus;
      6. Occupations involved in the operation of power-driven metal forming,
         punching, and shearing machines;
      7. Occupations involved in the operation of hazardous power-driven bakery
         machines;
         viii. Occupations involved in the operation of circular saws and band saws;
      8. Occupations involved in the operation of packing, processing, or
         rendering;
      9. Occupations involved in the operations of hazardous power-driven paper
         products machines;
      10. Occupations involved in wrecking, demolition, and ship breaking
          operations;
      11. Occupations involved in roofing operations;
      12. Occupations in excavation operations.
2. Exceptions
   1. The provisions of this policy shall not apply to any minor who:
      1. Is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and not enrolled in school, or
         is lawfully excused from compulsory school attendance under T.C.A. §
         49-6-3005.
         1. Copies of documents to support this exception must be in the
            minor’s personnel record maintained by the Office of Human
            Resources.
   2. This is the exemption covering the JTPA program:
      1. A minor may be employed if they are an enrollee in a public employment
         program which is conducted or funded by the federal government,
         provided that the employer (JTPA director) has on file in the personnel
         records an unrevoked written statement from a representative of the
         federal agency administering that program certifying the enrollment of
         said minor in the program.
   3. Before any minor shall be employed, the college shall obtain from the minor a
      verification of age by requiring the minor to provide the college with a copy of
      the minor’s birth certificate, or other available evidence such as a baptismal
      certificate or passport. A valid verification of age shall be conclusive evidence of
      the age of the minor to whom it is issued.
   4. Under certain official college or TBR programs designed to attract students at an
      early age to the health sciences or other fields, individuals under the age of 16
      may be employed in those educational programs on a term or summer basis with
      written approval by the President or designee.
   5. All prohibited activities specified in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and
      those requirements of the State of Tennessee Child Labor Law must be observed.

Sources: TBR Policy 5:01:00:05; T.C.A. §§ 49-8-203, 49-6-3005

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Adopted by TBR September 17, 1993
Revised by TBR December 9, 1994
Reviewed/Recommended: President’s Council, November 27, 2023
Approved: President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., November 27, 2023