Minors Employed by Railroads

Rutherford, Deputy Attorney General,

This department is in receipt of your communi*200cation requesting advice as to whether the Pennsylvania Child Labor Law is applicable to minors between the ages of 16 and 18 years of age who may be employed by interstate railroads.

The Child Labor Law of May 13, 1915, P. L. 286, as last amended by the Act of May 21,1943, P. L. 409, 43 PS §§41 et seq., provides for the health, safety, and welfare of minors by forbidding their employment or work in certain establishments and occupations, and under certain specified ages, and by restricting their hours of labor…