ARTICLE 6. Duties of Employer [49160. - 49165.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 6.

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Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49160. Section 49160.

No person, firm or corporation shall employ, suffer, or permit any minor under the age of 18 years to work in or in connection with any establishment or occupation except as provided in Section 49151 without a permit to employ, issued by the proper educational officers in accordance with law.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49161. Section 49161.

Every person, firm, corporation, or agent or officer of a firm or corporation, employing minors under the age of 18 years shall keep on file all permits to employ minors under the age of 18 years during the term of the employment.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49162. Section 49162.

The employer of any minor subject to this chapter shall send to the officer authorized to issue the permit to work a written notification of intent to employ a minor. The form of the intent to employ a minor shall be prescribed by the Department of Education and shall be furnished to the employer by the officer.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49163. Section 49163.

The notification of intent to employ a minor shall contain: (a) The name, address, phone number, and social security number of the minor. (b) The name, address, phone number, and supervisor at the minor’s place of employment. (c) The kind of work the minor will perform. (d) The maximum number of hours per day and per week the student will be expected to work for the employer. (e) The signatures of the parent or guardian, of the minor, and of the employer.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49164. Section 49164.

Permits to work and to employ and certificates of age shall always be open to inspection by supervisors of attendance, probation officers, designees of the Labor Commissioner, and by officers of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Every permit to work or to employ and every certificate of age shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Labor Commissioner, or by the person issuing the permit or certificate whenever any person authorized to inspect such permits and certificates finds that the conditions for the legal issuance of the permit or certificate of age do not exist or did not exist at the time the permit or certificate was issued. A permit to work shall be revoked by the issuing authority when he is satisfied that the employment of the minor is impairing the health or education of the minor, or that any provision or condition of the permit is being violated, or that the minor is performing work in violation of any provision of law.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49165. Section 49165.

Nothing in this article shall require a person to obtain a permit to employ in order for a minor to participate in horseback riding exhibitions, contests or events specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1308 of the Labor Code.

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