Legal Working Age In Ca

[Jud]

I have just turned 15 and I want to buy a car and my step-dad says he will go 50-50 on the price. I want to get a job to pay for my half of the car. What is the legal working age in California?

[Lonato]

Minors 14 to 15 years of age may work up to 3 hours on a school day, 8 hours on a nonschool day, and 18 hours in a week, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. when school is in session, until 9 p.m. from June 1st through Labor Day, and as many as 40 hours per week when school is out.

Before starting work in California, a minor has to obtain an employer-specific work permit, renewable annually.