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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 203

§40-74. Educational qualifications required of child before employment. No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the occupations specified in Section 71 of this title unless such child is able to read and write, or shall have attended some school during the preceding year for the time that attendance is compulsory under the laws. R.L.1910, § 3731; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

§40-75. Hours of employment of children - Rest periods. A. No child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any gainful occupation, other than agriculture or domestic service, for more than: 1. Three (3) hours in any one (1) school day, except that if the employer is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, a child may work eight (8) hours or less on a school day which precedes a nonschool day; 2. Eight (8) hours on a nonschool day; 3. Eighteen (18) hours in any one (1) week when school is in session; or 4. Forty (40) hours in any one (1) week when school is not in session, except that if the employer is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, a child may work forty (40) hours in any one (1) week when school is in session if attendance is not compulsory. B. As used in this section, "in session" means the period beginning on the first Tuesday after Labor Day through May 31 of the following year. C. Children under the age of sixteen (16) years must be permitted a one (1) hour cumulative rest period for each eight (8) consecutive hours worked. However, no such child shall work more than five (5) consecutive hours unless permitted a one-half (1/2) hour cumulative rest period. R.L. 1910, § 3732. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 172, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 137, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 391, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997.

§40-76. Night work. No person under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the occupations set out in Section 71 of this title between the hours of seven o'clock p.m. and seven o'clock a.m.; except, during the summer (June 1 through Labor Day) and, if the employer is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, during the remainder of the year on days followed by a nonschool day when the prohibited hours will be between the hours of nine o'clock p.m. and seven o'clock a.m.