NYS Employment NYS Employment Certificate LawsCertificate Laws

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Types of Employment Certificates Types of Employment Certificates and Permitsand Permits

Student Non-factory Student Non-factory Employment Employment CertificateCertificate

Student General Student General Employment Employment CertificateCertificate

Full-time Full-time Employment Employment CertificateCertificate

Various PermitsVarious Permits

Student Non-factory Employment Student Non-factory Employment Certificate (AT-18)Certificate (AT-18)

For a minor 14-15For a minor 14-15 Permit to work in Permit to work in

any trade, any trade, business, or business, or serviceservice

Does not apply to Does not apply to factory work, factory work, dangerous dangerous materials, or materials, or chemicalschemicals

Student General Employment Student General Employment Certificate (AT-19)Certificate (AT-19)

For a school attending For a school attending minor, age 16-17minor, age 16-17

Permitted to work in a Permitted to work in a factory, trade, factory, trade, business, or servicebusiness, or service

Does not apply to Does not apply to hazardous machinery, hazardous machinery, construction or helper construction or helper on a motor vehicleon a motor vehicle

Full-time Employment Certificate Full-time Employment Certificate (AT-20)(AT-20)

For a minor 16-17 not For a minor 16-17 not attending schoolattending school

Permitted to work in Permitted to work in a factory, business, a factory, business, or service or service

Does not apply to Does not apply to hazardous hazardous machinery, machinery, construction or construction or helper on a motor helper on a motor vehiclevehicle

PermitsPermits

Farm Work PermitFarm Work Permit Hand Harvest of Hand Harvest of

Berries PermitBerries Permit Newspaper Carrier Newspaper Carrier

PermitPermit Street Trade PermitStreet Trade Permit Child Model PermitChild Model Permit Performer PermitPerformer Permit

Farm Work Permit (AT-24)Farm Work Permit (AT-24)

For minors 14-15For minors 14-15 Used for various Used for various

types of farm worktypes of farm work Used during Used during

vacation, or when vacation, or when school is not in school is not in sessionsession

Does not apply to Does not apply to factory, of cannery factory, of cannery workwork

Hand Harvest of Berries Permit Hand Harvest of Berries Permit (AT-25)(AT-25)

For minors 12-13For minors 12-13 Permitted to hand Permitted to hand

harvest berriesharvest berries Must be Must be

accompanied by accompanied by parent – OR – have parent – OR – have parents written parents written permissionpermission

Newspaper Carrier Permit (AT-23)Newspaper Carrier Permit (AT-23)

For minors 11-18*For minors 11-18* May deliver and/or May deliver and/or

sell newspapers and sell newspapers and periodicals to periodicals to homes and homes and businessesbusinesses

Must carry permit Must carry permit while working while working

* * Federal law requires a Federal law requires a minimum age of 14minimum age of 14

Street Trade Permit (AT-26)Street Trade Permit (AT-26)

For self-employed For self-employed minors 14-18minors 14-18

May sell May sell newspapers or newspapers or periodicals on periodicals on streets or in public streets or in public placesplaces

May work as a May work as a shoe-shinershoe-shiner

Child Model Permit (AT-12)Child Model Permit (AT-12)

For minors under For minors under 1818

May act/modelMay act/model

Performer Permit Performer Permit

Issued by the chief Issued by the chief executive of the executive of the municipality in municipality in which the which the performance takes performance takes placeplace

Obtaining Certificates & PermitsObtaining Certificates & PermitsApplicant must show:Applicant must show:

Written parental Written parental permissionpermission

Verbal (in person) Verbal (in person) parental parental permission permission

Proof of ageProof of age Certificate of Certificate of

physical fitnessphysical fitness Physical exam by a Physical exam by a

physicianphysician

For more informationFor more information

Log onto the Log onto the Department of Department of Labor website at: Labor website at: www.labor.state.ny.us/busiwww.labor.state.ny.us/business_ny/employer_responsness_ny/employer_responsibilities/workprot/certperm.ibilities/workprot/certperm.htmlhtml

See your Work-based See your Work-based Learning CoordinatorLearning Coordinator

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