Public Act 90-0410 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0410
SB476 Enrolled LRB9002348WHmg
AN ACT to amend the Child Labor Law by changing Sections
3 and 7.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Child Labor Law is amended by changing
Sections 3 and 7 as follows:
(820 ILCS 205/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 31.3)
Sec. 3. Except as hereinafter provided, no minor under
16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or allowed to
work in any gainful occupation mentioned in Section 1 of this
Act for more than 6 consecutive days in any one week, or
more than 48 hours in any one week, or more than 8 hours in
any one day, or be so employed, permitted or allowed to work
between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. from Labor Day until June 1 or
between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. from June 1 until Labor Day.
The hours of work of minors under the age of 16 years
employed outside of school hours shall not exceed 3 a day on
days when school is in session, nor shall the combined hours
of work outside and in school exceed a total of 8 a day;
except that a minor under the age of 16 may work both
Saturday and Sunday for not more than 8 hours each day if the
following conditions are met: (1) the minor does not work
outside school more than 6 consecutive days in any one week,
and (2) the number of hours worked by the minor outside
school in any week does not exceed 24.
A minor 14 or more years of age who is employed in a
recreational or educational activity by a park district or
municipal parks and recreation department while school is in
session may work up to 3 hours per school day twice a week no
later than 9 p.m. if the number of hours worked by the minor
outside school in any week does not exceed 24 or between 10
p.m. and 7 a.m. during that school district's summer
vacation, or if the school district operates on a 12 month
basis, the period during which school is not in session for
the minor.
(Source: P.A. 87-139.)
(820 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 31.7)
Sec. 7. No minor under 16 years of age shall be
employed, permitted or allowed to work:
1. In, about or in connection with any public messenger
or delivery service, bowling alley, pool room, billiard room,
skating rink, exhibition park or place of amusement, garage,
or as a bell-boy in any hotel or rooming house or about or in
connection with power-driven machinery; except this
subsection shall not apply to ice skating rinks owned and
operated by a school or unit of local government;
2. In the oiling, cleaning or wiping of machinery or
shafting;
3. In or about any mine or quarry; provided that office
and messenger and other non-hazardous employment shall not be
prohibited by this Act;
4. In stone cutting or polishing;
5. In or about any hazardous factory work;
6. In or about any plant manufacturing explosives or
articles containing explosive components, or in the use or
transportation of same; provided that office and messenger
and other non-hazardous employment shall not be prohibited by
this Act;
7. In or about plants manufacturing iron or steel, ore
reduction works, smelters, foundries, forging shops, hot
rolling mills or any other place in which the heating,
melting, or heat treatment of metals is carried on; provided
that office and messenger and other non-hazardous employment
shall not be prohibited by this Act;
8. In the operation of machinery used in the cold
rolling of heavy metal stock, or in the operation of
power-driven punching, shearing, stamping, or metal plate
bending machines;
9. In or about sawmills or lath, shingle, or
cooperage-stock mills; provided that office and messenger and
other non-hazardous employment shall not be prohibited by
this Act;
10. In the operation of power-driven woodworking
machines, or off-bearing from circular saws;
11. In the operation of freight elevators or hoisting
machines and cranes;
12. In spray painting or in occupations involving
exposure to lead or its compounds or to dangerous or
poisonous dyes or chemicals;
13. In any place or establishment in which intoxicating
alcoholic liquors are served or sold for consumption on the
premises, or in which such liquors are manufactured or
bottled, except as follows: ; provided that
(A) bus-boy and kitchen employment, not otherwise
prohibited, when in connection with the service of meals
at any private club, fraternal organization or veteran's
organization shall not be prohibited by this subsection;
(B) this subsection 13 does not apply to employment
that is performed on property owned or operated by a park
district, as defined in subsection (a) of Section 1-3 of
the Park District Code, if the employment is not
otherwise prohibited by law;
14. In oil refineries, gasoline blending plants, or
pumping stations on oil transmission lines;
15. In the operation of laundry, dry cleaning, or dyeing
machinery;
16. In occupations involving exposure to radioactive
substances;
17. In or about any filling station or service station;
18. In construction work, including demolition and
repair;
19. In roofing operations;
20. In excavating operations;
21. In logging operations;
22. In public and private utilities and related
services;
23. In operations in or in connection with slaughtering,
meat packing, poultry processing, and fish and seafood
processing;
24. In operations which involve working on an elevated
surface, with or without use of equipment, including but not
limited to ladders and scaffolds;
25. In security positions or any occupations that
require the use or carrying of a firearm or other weapon; or
26. In occupations which involve the handling or storage
of blood, blood products, body fluids, or body tissues.
(Source: P.A. 88-365.)