New Jersey § 34:2-21

§ 34:2-21.

Except as hereinafter provided as to newspaper carriers, no minor under 14 years of

age may engage in any street trade, which term, for the purpose of this section shall

include the selling, offering for sale, soliciting for, collecting for, displaying,

or distributing any articles, goods, merchandise, commercial service, posters, circulars,

newspapers or magazines or in blacking shoes on any street or other public place or

from house to house. No minor under 12 years of age may be employed in agricultural pursuits. Whenever a minor has graduated from vocational school, approved by the Commissioner

of Education and is 17 years of age, the minor's diploma or certified copy thereof

and an employment certificate provided by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall be deemed authorization to engage in those pursuits in which the minor majored in said vocational school

during those hours permitted for persons 18 years of age and over. Except as hereinafter provided as to newspaper carriers, whenever a minor under 16

years of age desires to work during such times as the schools of the district in which

the minor resides are not in session in any street trade or in agricultural pursuits,

the minor may register with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development an application for authorization to work. Such registration shall show the exact character of the work the minor is to do, and the hours and

wages and special conditions under which said work is to be performed. If upon investigation it is found that the facts set forth in the application are

true and that the work will not interfere with the minor's health or standing in school,

the Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall issue authorization allowing the minor to work at such times as the public schools in the district are

not in session, but such work except in agricultural pursuits, and as newspaper carriers,

to be otherwise subject to the maximum hours of labor provisions set for minors under

16 years of age in section 3 of P.L.1940, c.153 ( C.34:2-21.3 ) ; provided, that nothing in P.L.1940, c.153 ( C.34:2-21.1 et seq. ) shall prevent newspaper carriers as defined in P.L.1940, c.153 ( C.34:2-21.1 et seq. ) , between 11 and 14 years of age, from delivering, soliciting, selling and collecting

for newspapers on routes in residential neighborhoods between the hours of 6:00 o'clock

in the morning and 7:00 o'clock in the evening of any day; and newspaper carriers

14 years of age and older from delivering, soliciting, selling and collecting for

newspapers on routes in residential neighborhoods between the hours of 5:30 o'clock

in the morning and 8:00 o'clock in the evening of any day; and provided further that

no newspaper carrier under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to engage in such

occupation beyond the period of time wherein the combined hours devoted to said occupation

as a newspaper carrier and the hours in school shall exceed a total of 40 hours per

week and not more than 8 hours in any 1 day; and provided, further, that minors engaged

in agricultural pursuits may be employed no more than 10 hours per day. Such authorization shall show the name, address, and date of birth of the minor for whom it is issued,

the kind of proof of age submitted, the nature of the occupation in which the minor

is to engage, and such other information as the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may require. Any authorization for work in agriculture shall be issued and active until the minor is 18 years of age . Upon application by the minor who desires to work as a newspaper carrier as defined in P.L.1940, c.153 ( C.34:2-21.1 et seq. ) , who is between the ages of 11 and 18 years of age, to the publisher of any newspaper in

this State and upon receiving authorization from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, such publisher may employ such newspaper carrier to deliver, solicit, sell and collect for newspapers outside of the newspaper carrier's

school hours on residential routes, and on Sundays and during school vacations . The authorization shall show the name, address and date of birth of the newspaper carrier for whom

it is issued, and such other information as the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may require. The authorization shall remain in full force and effect unless and until the minor is 18 years of age . The publisher shall keep a record of the name, address and birth date of each newspaper

carrier who is a minor . Such records shall be kept on file by said publisher for a period of two years after

the newspaper carrier has ceased delivering newspapers published by said publisher.