homeschooling and jobs

[queenrey]

My children are homeschooled and my oldest child will be getting his certificate in December of this year. He will only be 15 years old at this time. I am trying to find out any information on the job laws in MS. He wants to go to work right after he gets his certificate so he can start saving for a truck. I was told that 15 year olds can only work during the summer time. Is this true and if so does this same law apply to kids that are homeschooled and have their certificate? Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Swoops1]

This should give you some guidance. Mississippi follows the federal guidelines
http://hr.web.cmu.edu/forms/managers/ChildLabor101.pdf
http://www.stopchildlabor.org/USchildlabor/fact1.htm

[StormyRadio]

I don't know if this helps or not but our son started working at 15 after school and weekends. We bought him his first (of many, many) trucks and he was allowed to get a 'hardship' drivers license. We did this so he could help out at home and help pay for his transportation. He just turned 26 and has been working ever since. Congrats on getting yours educated and a work ethic instilled early. It will be better for them when they are ready to start a family.

[mac]

My children are homeschooled and my oldest child will be getting his certificate in December of this year. He will only be 15 years old at this time. I am trying to find out any information on the job laws in MS. He wants to go to work right after he gets his certificate so he can start saving for a truck. I was told that 15 year olds can only work during the summer time. Is this true and if so does this same law apply to kids that are homeschooled and have their certificate? Any help would be greatly appreciated

By certificate, I hope you mean high school diploma.

I was homeschooled for a few years, and had a full time job while still in school. It was illegal, but I guess nobody was checking. I was working 50+ hours a week. That was 15 years ago and I know the laws have changed a time or two since then, but I believe you can now work at age 15 with a permit of some kind. Where to get or who can get it, I can't tell you. I know some of my students work, and a few of them are as young as 14. My mother managed a Chic-Fil-A for 10 years and she had a handful of kids as young as 14 and 15. They had to have permits and there were restrictions on how many hours they could work in a week, what time they had to get off, etc. You might be able to get around some of that since he has completed high school, but I think the first step is to find out about this work permit.

Is he going to start taking some college courses soon, or wait?

[dollfus46]

Is it California that is doing all it can to outlaw Homeschooling? You have to have a teacher's certificate, etc.

[Conveyor Belt]

I don't know of any chain places that will allow the hiring of a 15 year old. If I remember correctly, they can only be hired legally for farm type jobs.

Course, he could invest in a lawnmower and work from now until mid october mowing yards.

[carsalesguy]

I don't know of any chain places that will allow the hiring of a 15 year old. If I remember correctly, they can only be hired legally for farm type jobs.

Course, he could invest in a lawnmower and work from now until mid october mowing yards.

some of the best money i ever made was doing that during the summer

[jill1179]

I don't know of any chain places that will allow the hiring of a 15 year old. If I remember correctly, they can only be hired legally for farm type jobs.

Course, he could invest in a lawnmower and work from now until mid october mowing yards.

I started working in a fast food place when I was 15. But as stated before, there were limits as to how much you could work. It changed when I got to be 16. That was ten years ago. I don't know about now.

[itsmyopinion]

I think you have to be 16 at most places, but I can't be sure!

[ProfessorEagle]

I think you have to be 16 at most places, but I can't be sure!

True for the most part, but there are some exceptions. If interested, follow the link to the Fair Labor Standards Act webpage below.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/childlabor101_text.htm

[TheKing]

throw watermelons in a field... thast a fine first job

[brianinms]

Instead of working why doesn't he go to college or perhaps a trade school.

[nooskye]

Is it California that is doing all it can to outlaw Homeschooling? You have to have a teacher's certificate, etc.

Unfortunately, yes, kind sir, it is :smt086 and it's going to eventually mean issues for the rest of us who home school too ...

[queenrey]

By certificate, I hope you mean high school diploma.

I was homeschooled for a few years, and had a full time job while still in school. It was illegal, but I guess nobody was checking. I was working 50+ hours a week. That was 15 years ago and I know the laws have changed a time or two since then, but I believe you can now work at age 15 with a permit of some kind. Where to get or who can get it, I can't tell you. I know some of my students work, and a few of them are as young as 14. My mother managed a Chic-Fil-A for 10 years and she had a handful of kids as young as 14 and 15. They had to have permits and there were restrictions on how many hours they could work in a week, what time they had to get off, etc. You might be able to get around some of that since he has completed high school, but I think the first step is to find out about this work permit.

Is he going to start taking some college courses soon, or wait?

he will not be able to enroll into college until he is 17. i've spoke w/the admissions dept at jcjc and prc. so he wants to work for a few years and get him a vehicle this way he will have transportation to and from college.

[queenrey]

Instead of working why doesn't he go to college or perhaps a trade school.
the thought of a trade school has never really crossed our minds. thanks for the thought:smt023