Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 49.12.300 - House-to-house sales by minor-Registration of employer(1) No person under sixteen years of age may be employed in house-to-house sales unless the department grants a variance permitting specific employment under criteria adopted by department rule.(2) No person sixteen or seventeen years of age may be employed in house-to-house sales unless the employer: (a) Obtains and maintains a validated registration certificate issued by the department. Application for registration shall be made on a form prescribed by the director, which shall include but not be limited to: (i) The employer's name, permanent address, and telephone number;(ii) The employer's social security number and industrial insurance number or, in lieu of these numbers, the employer's unified business identifier account number; and(iii) A description of the work to be performed by persons aged sixteen or seventeen and the working conditions under which the work will be performed;(b) Provides each employee sixteen or seventeen years of age, before beginning work, an identification card in a form prescribed by the director. The card shall include, but not be limited to, a picture of the employee, the employee's name, the name and address of the employer, a statement that the employer is registered with the department of labor and industries, and the registration number. The person employed in house-to-house sales shall show the identification card to each customer or potential customer of the person;(c) Ensures supervision by a person aged twenty-one years or over during all working hours, with each supervisor responsible for no more than five persons; and(d) If transporting an employee sixteen or seventeen years of age to another state, obtains the express written consent of the employee's parent or legal guardian.(3) An employer may not employ a person sixteen or seventeen years of age in house-to-house sales after the hour of nine p.m.(4) The department shall adopt by rule procedures for the renewal, denial, or revocation of registrations required by this section.