    (820 ILCS 206/30)
    Sec. 30. Exceptions to allowable work hours.

(a) An employer may employ, allow, or permit a minor under the age of 16 to work a maximum of 8 hours on each Saturday and on Sunday during the school year if:

(1) the minor does not work outside of school hours more than 6 consecutive days in any

one week; and

(2) the number of hours worked by the minor outside of school hours in any week does not

exceed 24.

(b) A minor working as a live theatrical performer as described in Section 45 shall be permitted to work until 11 p.m. on nights when performances are held.

(c) A minor under 16 years of age working as a performer as described in Section 50 shall be permitted to work until 10 p.m.

(d) A park district, not-for-profit youth club, or municipal parks and recreation department may allow a minor 14 years of age or older to work in a recreational or educational activity beyond the hours identified in Section 25 as follows:

(1) From Labor Day until June 1, an employer may allow a minor to work until 9 p.m. on

school days if the following conditions are met:

            (A) the minor does not work more than 3 hours per day;
            (B) the minor does not work on more than 2 school days in that week; and
            (C) the minor does not work more than 24 total hours outside school hours in that

week.

(2) From June 1 to Labor Day, an employer may allow a minor to work until 10 p.m. and no

earlier than 7 a.m.

(3) For a minor who attends a school that operates a year-round schedule, an employer

may allow the minor to work until 10 p.m. and no earlier than 7 a.m. during periods when school is not in session for the minor. If school is in session, then the minor who attends a school that operates a year-round schedule may work until 9 p.m. on school days and no earlier than 7 a.m., if the following conditions are met:

week.

(Source: P.A. 103-721, eff. 1-1-25.)