Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older.

Summary

The law revises Virginia’s child‑labor code to bar children under 18 from a long list of dangerous occupations, but creates a wide exemption for 16‑year‑olds and older who are enrolled in a voluntary apprenticeship. Those apprentices may be employed in any occupation as long as federal Fair Labor Standards Act rules and state commissioner regulations are followed. It also clarifies limited permissions for farm vehicle operation, volunteer fire service, and cosmetology work.

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