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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 39. MINORS · Chapter 2. REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS

39-2-1. Restrictions on employment of minors under 16 years of age.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed by or permitted to work in or about any mill, factory, laundry, manufacturing establishment, or workshop nor in any occupation which has been designated as hazardous in accordance with Code Section 39-2-2.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1925, p. 291, § 1; Code 1933, § 54-301; Ga. L. 1946, p. 67, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 792, § 1.

Law reviews

For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, pages 676 to 677; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.