NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE

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Name of Youth:

Date of Birth: (mo/da/yr) Age: Sex: Area Code Phone

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Complete Mailing Address:

City State Zip Code

Job Description: (Please be as complete as possible)

Company Name: Type of Business: *ABC ON-PREMISES PERMIT?

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Complete Mailing Address:

City: State: Zip Code Area Code Phone

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SIGNATURES & IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW
1. Minimum Age for Employment: Fourteen (14) for non-farm work with limited exceptions. Proof of age includes birth certificate, driver's license or
DMV issued identification card, school records, insurance records, or other documentary evidence approved by the Department of Labor.
2. *ABC On-premises Permit Restrictions: Youth under age 18 may not prepare, dispense, serve, or sell alcoholic beverages for any reason even
if employed by their parents. Youth 16-17 may be employed in the premises to perform other duties including waitperson and cashier as long as
youth is not serving, taking orders or ringing up on-premises alcoholic beverages. Youth under age 16 may not work in the premises for any
reason. A limited exception exists for youth under age 16 who are employed by their parents to work in the premises to perform other duties.
Youth 14-15 may work on the outside grounds to perform other duties with parent/guardian written permission (permit signature is acceptable).
3. Rest Breaks: No youth under age 16 may be employed for more than 5 consecutive hours without an interval of at least 30 minutes for rest
(applies to employers who are subject to state labor law only).
4. Hours Restrictions (14-15 year olds): Only between 7 am and 7 pm (except until 9 pm during the summer when school is not in session); only
outside school hours; no more than 3 hours per day or 18 hours per week when school is in session; and, no more than 8 hours per day or 40
hours per week when school is not in session.
5. Hours Restrictions (16-17 year olds): If regularly enrolled in grades 12 or lower, cannot be employed between 11pm and 5 am when there is
school the next day for the youth unless the employer receives written permission from the parent/guardian and the principal or principal's
designee. This restriction does not apply to youth enrolled in GED programs or who have dropped out of school.
6. Permitted Occupations (14-15 year olds): Can only work in office or clerical occupations, in retail sales or service occupations including food
service and gasoline service stations. Cannot work in manufacturing, construction, or occupations involving the use of power-driven machinery
including lawn mowers.
7. Hazardous/Detrimental Occupations (Not Permitted For Youth Under Age 18) [*Limited apprenticeship/student learner exemptions]:
• Manufacturing or storing explosives
• Motor vehicle driving (limited exemption) and outside • Welding, brazing and torch cutting*
helper • Any process where quartz or any other form of silicon dioxide or
• Logging and sawmilling asbestos silicate are present in powdered form*
• Power-driven woodworking machines* • Any work involving exposure to lead or any of its compounds in any
• Power-driven metal forming, punching, shearing* form*
• Mining • Any work involving exposure to benzene or any benzene compound
• Slaughtering, meat packing, processing or rendering* which is volatile or can penetrate the skin*
• Power-driven bakery machines • Occupations in canneries, seafood and poultry processing which
• Power-driven paper products machines* involve cutting or slicing machines, or freezing or packaging
• Manufacturing brick or tile activities*
• Power-driven circular saws, band saws, or guillotine • Any work which involves the risk of falling a distance of 10 feet or
shears* more, including ladders and scaffolds*
• Wrecking, demolition and shipbreaking operations • Any work as an electrician or electrician’s helper*
• Roofing operations* • Any work in confined spaces*
• Excavation operations* • Occupations requiring the use of respirators*

**NOTE: For more details on child labor/youth employment,

go to: http://www.nclabor.com/wh/joint_state_fed.htm

The undersigned individuals certify that the above information is correct; the youth will not be employed in a hazardous, prohibited, or
detrimental occupation; will only be employed during legal hours; and, will be employed only in a permitted occupation.

Employer's Signature:

Parent/Guardian/Custodian's Signature:

Youth's Signature:
(Youth must present proof of age and must sign in the presence of the issuing officer)

DSS/Designee's Signature:
County Designee ID Number

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 Procedures for Obtaining a Youth Employment Certificate

1. Download and print a blank Youth Employment Certificate (work permit) from the following
internet sites:
http://www.nclabor.com/wh/yec.pdf

http://www.nclabor.com/wh/yec.doc

Computer access may be available at the potential employer, schools, public libraries or at
home. As a last resort, you may call the Wage and Hour Bureau at either 919-807-2796
(Raleigh) or toll-free (NC only) 1-800-NC-LABOR (1-800-625-2267) to get a blank copy.

2. The youth should complete the top sections from “Name” down through “Zip Code”.

3. The employer should complete the remaining sections from “Job Description” down through
“Area Code and Phone Number” and sign the form. *Note: Employer must appropriately
mark the “ABC ON-PREMISES PERMIT?” section.

4. Obtain the signature of a parent, guardian, custodian, or person standing in place of a parent
as defined in 29 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 570.126. Note: This signature is not
required for a youth who has been issued a final decree of emancipation by a court of
competent jurisdiction pursuant to Chapter 7B, Article 35 of the N.C. General Statutes.

5. Take the completed certificate along with a “proof of age” document (birth certificate,
driver’s license, learner’s permit, state-issued ID, passport, etc.) to the local Department of
Social Services (DSS) office or location of an approved designee. Once the information has
been verified, the youth will be asked to sign the form in the presence of the issuing officer.
Web site to get all county DSS offices: http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dss/local/

6. Provide a copy of the “issued” certificate to your employer on or before the first day of work.
The employer is required to maintain this certificate on file.

If you have questions about this form or youth employment restrictions, please contact the Wage
and Hour Bureau at (919) 807-2796 (Raleigh) or toll-free (NC only) 1-800-NC-LABOR (1-800-
625-2267). Our Call-Center is open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday thru Friday.

NOTE: Governmental (Public), Agricultural, and Domestic employers are not required to obtain
state youth employment certificates in order to employ youths under 18 as these employers do
not come under any of the state youth employment provisions. Therefore, the North Carolina
Department of Labor will not allow the issuance of youth employment certificates for youths
under 18 employed by any of these employers. These employers may still be subject to the
federal child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and may have to comply
with its age verification requirements. For questions on the federal child labor requirements,
contact the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division’s national call-center
at 1-866-4-USWAGE (toll-free). Web site: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/

(Revised 07/08/2004)

07/08/2004