Government is still ahead of you (or maybe lobbyists?) > Fourteen and 15-year-olds, however, may be employed in approved school-administered and school-supervi

Government is still ahead of you (or maybe lobbyists?) > Fourteen and 15-year-olds, however, may be employed in approved school-administered and school-supervised Work Experience and Career Exploration Programs (WECEP) or Work Study Programs (WSP). Such programs allow variations in the rules and permit employment during school hours. WECEP participants may also be employed in otherwise prohibited occupations for which an official exception has been authorized by the Department of Labor. Four hours a day won't be a problem > WECEP permits the employment of 14- and 15-year-old youth during school hours and for up to 23 hours per week when school is in session. These rules are more lenient than those permitted by the Fair Labor Standards Act for other similar aged youth not enrolled in WECEP. WECEP also permits variances, on a limited basis, from certain child labor hazardous occupation standards. These variances are approved by the Wage and Hour Administrator on a case by case basis. (See my sibling comment to yours and the link on that page labelled with the name of this program for citations)