§ 143. Hours of work for minors sixteen and seventeen years of age. 1.\nWhen school is in session, no minor sixteen or seventeen years of age\nenrolled in a daytime school, other than a part-time or continuation\nschool, shall be employed:\n a. (i) More than four hours on any day preceding a school day, other\nthan on a Sunday or holiday; (ii) except that students enrolled in a\ncooperative work experience program approved by the department of\neducation may be employed for no more than six hours on any day\npreceding a school day, other than on a Sunday or holiday, if such hours\nof employment occur solely pursuant to such program. Any hours worked by\nstudents in such programs shall be included when calculating the number\nof hours worked for purposes of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;\n b. More than eight hours on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday or holiday;\n c. More than twenty-eight hours a week;\n d. More than six days a week;\n e. After ten o'clock at night on any day preceding a school day, or\nafter midnight on any day preceding a school day provided the employer\nreceives and maintains both the written consent of the minor's parent or\nguardian and a certificate which shall be provided to the employer at\nthe end of each marking period by the minor's school which shall assert\nthat such minor is in satisfactory academic standing according to the\nstandards in such school district;\n f. After ten o'clock at night on any day preceding a non-school day\nor, if the employer receives and maintains the written consent of the\nminor's parent or guardian, after midnight; or\n g. Before six o'clock in the morning.\n 2. When school is not in session, no minor sixteen or seventeen years\nof age shall be employed:\n a. More than eight hours a day, except that for the purpose of making\none or more shorter work days or a holiday in a week, such persons may\nbe employed up to ten hours on any one day of the week, and nine hours\non any of four other days, but not in excess of forty-eight hours in any\nsuch week;\n b. More than forty-eight hours a week;\n c. More than six days a week; or\n d. After twelve midnight or before six o'clock in the morning.\n 3. A minor sixteen or seventeen years of age who is not enrolled in a\ndaytime school when school is in session shall be covered under\nsubdivision two of this section.\n 4. This section shall not apply to a newspaper carrier as defined in\nsection thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of the education law whose hours\nof work are governed by such section, a farm laborer, a child performer\nwhose employment is governed by section 35.01 of the arts and cultural\naffairs law and article four-A of this chapter, a child model whose\nemployment is governed by section 35.05 of the arts and cultural affairs\nlaw, a bridge caddie at a bridge tournament or a baby sitter as defined\nin section one hundred thirty-one of this chapter or a seventeen year\nold minor employed as a counselor, junior counselor or\ncounselor-in-training at a camp for children during the months of June,\nJuly and August.\n 5. a. The provisions of paragraphs b, c and d of subdivision one and\nparagraphs a, b and c of subdivision two of this section shall not apply\nto (i) employment solely as a singer or performer in a hotel or\nrestaurant; (ii) employment in a resort or seasonal hotel or restaurant\nin a rural community and in a city and village having a population of\nless than fifteen thousand inhabitants, excluding that portion of the\npopulation of a third class city residing outside of its corporation tax\ndistrict where such city embraces the entire area of a former township.\nAs used in this subdivision, the term "resort" applies to such hotel or\nrestaurant which operates for not more than four calendar months and\nfifteen days in each year, and the term "seasonal" applies to such hotel\nor restaurant in which the number of employees is increased by at least\none hundred percent from the slack to the b
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