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These regulations shall incorporate the standards contained in regulations promulgated by the U.S. Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. &#xA7; 201 et seq.) concerning the number of hours per week, hours per day, and the hours of the day that children under the age of 16 may work in, about, or in connection with, any gainful occupation.B\n\nNo child shall be employed or permitted to work for more than five hours continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a lunch period, and no period of less than 30 minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of work.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":239110,"text":"Except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 40.1-79.01, 40.1-88, 40.1-102, 40.1-109, 40.1-109.1, and 40.1-109.2, no child under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation more than the number of hours per week or more than the number of hours per day or during the hours of the day that the Commissioner shall determine by regulations to be detrimental to the lives, health, safety, or welfare of children. These regulations shall incorporate the standards contained in regulations promulgated by the U.S. Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. &#xA7; 201 et seq.) concerning the number of hours per week, hours per day, and the hours of the day that children under the age of 16 may work in, about, or in connection with, any gainful occupation.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":239111,"text":"No child shall be employed or permitted to work for more than five hours continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a lunch period, and no period of less than 30 minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of work.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14416,"edition_id":1,"name":"Child Labor","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12776,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:04","permalink":{"id":220519,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14416,"identifier":"5","token":"40.1\/5","url":"\/40.1\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12776,"edition_id":1,"name":"Labor and Employment","identifier":"40.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":219723,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12776,"identifier":"40.1","token":"40.1","url":"\/40.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65234,"structure_id":14416,"section_number":"40.1-100","catch_line":"Certain employment prohibited or limited","url":"\/40.1-100\/","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-100","metadata":false},{"id":74950,"structure_id":14416,"section_number":"40.1-100.1","catch_line":"Employment where hazard capable of causing serious physical harm or death","url":"\/40.1-100.1\/","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-100.1","metadata":false},{"id":71062,"structure_id":14416,"section_number":"40.1-100.2","catch_line":"Employment involving sexually explicit visual material prohibited","url":"\/40.1-100.2\/","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-100.2","metadata":false},{"id":71215,"structure_id":14416,"section_number":"40.1-101","catch_line":"Qualifications as to theaters","url":"\/40.1-101\/","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-101","metadata":false},{"id":61085,"structure_id":14416,"section_number":"40.1-102","catch_line":"Issuance of theatrical permit","url":"\/40.1-102\/","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-102","metadata":false},{"id":63705,"structure_id":14416,"section_number":"40.1-103","catch_line":"Cruelty and injuries to children; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 511 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0699\">699<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0705\">705<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61085,"section_number":"40.1-102","catch_line":"Issuance of theatrical permit","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-102\/"},{"id":57728,"section_number":"40.1-109","catch_line":"Newspaper carriers on regular routes; hours","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-109\/"},{"id":63994,"section_number":"40.1-109.1","catch_line":"Child engaged in the work of content creation; criteria","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-109.1\/"},{"id":73698,"section_number":"40.1-109.2","catch_line":"Child engaged in the work of content creation; trust account","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-109.2\/"},{"id":68360,"section_number":"40.1-79.01","catch_line":"Exemptions from chapter generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-79.01\/"},{"id":85038,"section_number":"40.1-88","catch_line":"Work-training certificate","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-88\/"}],"permalink":{"id":220617,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65788,"identifier":"40.1-80.1","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-80.1","url":"\/40.1-80.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-80.1\/","token":"40.1\/5\/40.1-80.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employment of children","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-80.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Exemptions from chapter generally\" href=\"\/40.1-79.01\/\">40.1-79.01<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Work-training certificate\" href=\"\/40.1-88\/\">40.1-88<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance of theatrical permit\" href=\"\/40.1-102\/\">40.1-102<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Newspaper carriers on regular routes; hours\" href=\"\/40.1-109\/\">40.1-109<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Child engaged in the work of content creation; criteria\" href=\"\/40.1-109.1\/\">40.1-109.1<\/a>, and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Child engaged in the work of content creation; trust account\" href=\"\/40.1-109.2\/\">40.1-109.2<\/a>, no child under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation more than the number of hours per week or more than the number of hours per day or during the hours of the day that the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall determine by regulations to be detrimental to the lives, health, safety, or welfare of children. These regulations shall incorporate the standards contained in regulations promulgated by the U.S. Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. &#xA7; 201 et seq.) concerning the number of hours per week, hours per day, and the hours of the day that children under the age of 16 may work in, about, or in connection with, any gainful occupation. <a id=\"paragraph-239110\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/40.1-80.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No child shall be employed or permitted to work for more than five hours continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a lunch period, and no period of less than 30 minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous period of work. <a id=\"paragraph-239111\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/40.1-80.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN (\u00a7 40.1-80.1)\n\nA. Except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 40.1-79.01, 40.1-88, 40.1-102, 40.1-109,\n40.1-109.1, and 40.1-109.2, no child under 16 years of age shall be employed,\npermitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful\noccupation more than the number of hours per week or more than the number of\nhours per day or during the hours of the day that the Commissioner shall\ndetermine by regulations to be detrimental to the lives, health, safety, or\nwelfare of children. These regulations shall incorporate the standards contained\nin regulations promulgated by the U.S. Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Fair\nLabor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. &#xA7; 201 et seq.) concerning the number of\nhours per week, hours per day, and the hours of the day that children under the\nage of 16 may work in, about, or in connection with, any gainful occupation.\n\nB. No child shall be employed or permitted to work for more than five hours\ncontinuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a lunch period, and\nno period of less than 30 minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous\nperiod of work.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 511; 2025, cc. 699, 705.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}