Section 1295.5 Of Chapter 2. Occupational Privileges And Restrictions From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2.
1295.5
. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1391 of this code or Section
49116 of the Education Code, minors 14 years of age and older may be
employed during the hours permitted by subdivision (b) to perform
sports-attending services in professional baseball as enumerated in
subsection (b) of Section 570.35 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. No employer may employ a minor 14 or 15 years of age to
perform sports-attending services in professional baseball without
the prior written approval of either the school district of the
school in which the minor is enrolled or the county board of
education of the county in which that school district is located.
(b) Any minor 14 or 15 years of age who performs sports-attending
services in professional baseball pursuant to subdivision (a) may be
employed outside of school hours until 12:30 a.m. during any evening
preceding a nonschoolday and until 10 p.m. during any evening
preceding a schoolday. No employer may employ a minor 14 or 15 years
of age to perform sports-attending services in professional baseball
pursuant to subdivision (a) for more than five hours in any
schoolday, for more than 18 hours in any week while school is in
session, for more than eight hours in any nonschoolday, or for more
than 40 hours in any week that school is not in session. An employer
may employ a minor 16 or 17 years of age outside of school hours to
perform sports-attending services in professional baseball pursuant
to subdivision (a) for up to five hours in any schoolday.
(c) The school authority issuing the permit to the minor to
perform sports-attending services in professional baseball shall both
(1) provide the local office of the Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement with a copy of the permit within five business days after
the date the permit is issued and (2) monitor the academic
achievement of the minor to ensure that the educational progress of
the minor is being maintained or improves during the period of
employment.