An Administrator's Guide to California Private School Law

Chapter 6 – Wage And Hour Laws

2. N ONPROFIT E NTERTAINMENT Minors may appear in any church, public or religious school, or community entertainment, or in any entertainment for charity or for children, for which no admission fee is charged. The minor may also appear in any radio or television broadcasting exhibition, where the minor receives no compensation directly or indirectly, and where the engagement of the minor is limited to a single appearance lasting not more than one hour, and where no admission fee is charged for the radio broadcasting or television exhibition. Finally, minors may appear in a single brief event per year on a non-school day, if their parent or guardian is present and they are not compensated. 771 3. W ORK N ECESSARY F OR F AMILY S UPPORT A permit to work full time may be issued to a minor under the age of 16 years and over the age of 14 years if any of the following criteria are met:

 The minor’s parent or guardian cannot work due to illness or injury;  The minor’s family needs the minor’s earning due to the death or desertion of the minor’s parent;  The minor cannot reside with the family and requires earnings for his or her own support; or  The minor is in foster care and the purpose of the employment is to further the minor’s emancipation or allow the minor to obtain necessary work skills. 772

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A. N OTIFICATION R EQUIREMENTS A T T HE T IME O F H IRING Labor Code section 2810.5 requires employers to provide a non-exempt employee with a written notice at the time of hiring that contains the following information:

 The rate or rates of pay and basis thereof, whether paid by the hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or otherwise, including any rates for overtime, as applicable.  Allowances, if any, claimed as part of the minimum wage, including meal or lodging allowances.  The regular payday designated by the school.  The name of the school, including any “doing business as” names used by the school.  The physical address of the school's main office or principal place of business, and a mailing address, if different.

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