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# O.C.G.A. § 39-2-1. Restrictions on employment of minors under 16 years of age.

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.

## 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).