                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN (§ 40.1-80.1)

A. 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.

B. 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.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 511; 2025, cc. 699, 705.