Section 270.15. Employment of minors in farming.

 

(1)  No minor under 12 years of age may be employed or permitted to work in farming.

(2)  The presence of a minor under 12 at the place where a parent or guardian is employed in farming, if merely for the purpose of supervision by the parent or guardian, is not prohibited by this section.

(3)  Sections 103.64 to 103.82 , Stats., and this chapter do not apply to the employment of a minor engaged in farm work performed outside school hours in connection with the minor's own home farm and directly for his or her parent or guardian, or on another farm, with the consent of minor's parent or guardian where the farm work is primarily an exchange of labor with another farmer.

CR 04-010 : cr. Register November 2004 No. 587 , eff. 12-1-04.