SB2474 Summary

• Amends the Child Labor Law (820 ILCS 205/7) to make a technical change regarding employment restrictions for minors under 16 years of age.

• Clarifies that the prohibition on minors working in ice skating rinks does not apply to rinks owned and operated by a school or unit of local government.

• Maintains existing restrictions prohibiting minors under 16 from working in hazardous occupations including factories, mines, construction, roofing, logging, and various machinery operations.

• Preserves exceptions allowing minors to perform non-hazardous office and messenger work in otherwise prohibited facilities like explosives plants, steel mills, and sawmills.