Legal Question in Employment Law in California
Married Emancipated Minor Employment
My daughter is 17, and through marriage is emancipated. She was offered a job at a grocery store in the deli section but when they found out she was only 17, they told her she had to be 18 to work in the deli and told her she had to be a bagger. What is the law relating to emancipated minors and employment? Isn't she considered to be 18 in this instance?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Married Emancipated Minor Employment
The employer can lawfully set workplace rules that are based on actual age, rather than your daughter's status as an emancipated minor.
Re: Married Emancipated Minor Employment
State and Federal Child Labor laws prohibit minors from performing certain catagories of work, including using cutting equipment such as deli slicers. The fact that she is emancipated only means that she can apply for a work permit without parent's permission.
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