(820 ILCS 206/40)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 40. Restrictions on employment of minors.
    (a) No person shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to work:
        (1) in any mechanic's garage, including garage pits,
    
repairing cars, trucks, or other vehicles or using garage lifting racks;
        (2) in the oiling, cleaning, or wiping of machinery
    
or shafting;
        (3) in or about any mine or quarry;
        (4) in stone cutting or polishing;
        (5) in any factory work;
        (6) in or about any plant manufacturing explosives or
    
articles containing explosive components, or in the use or transportation of same;
        (7) in or about plants manufacturing iron or steel,
    
ore reduction works, smelters, foundries, forging shops, hot rolling mills or any other place in which the heating, melting, or heat treatment of metals is carried on;
        (8) in the operation of machinery used in the cold
    
rolling of heavy metal stock, or in the operation of power-driven punching, shearing, stamping, or metal plate bending machines;
        (9) in or about logging, sawmills or lath, shingle,
    
or cooperage-stock mills;
        (10) in the operation of power-driven woodworking
    
machines, or off-bearing from circular saws;
        (11) in the operation and repair of freight elevators
    
or hoisting machines and cranes;
        (12) in spray painting;
        (13) in occupations involving exposure to lead or its
    
compounds;
        (14) in occupations involving exposure to acids,
    
dyes, chemicals, dust, gases, vapors, or fumes that are known or suspected to be dangerous to humans;
        (15) in any occupation subject to the Amusement Ride
    
and Attraction Safety Act;
        (16) in oil refineries, gasoline blending plants, or
    
pumping stations on oil transmission lines;
        (17) in the operation of laundry, dry cleaning, or
    
dyeing machinery;
        (18) in occupations involving exposure to radioactive
    
substances;
        (19) in or about any filling station or service
    
station, except that this prohibition does not extend to employment within attached convenience stores, food service, or retail establishments;
        (20) in construction work, including demolition and
    
repair;
        (21) in any energy generation or transmission service;
        (22) in public and private utilities and related
    
services;
        (23) in operations in or in connection with
    
slaughtering, meat packing, poultry processing, and fish and seafood processing;
        (24) in operations which involve working on an
    
elevated surface, with or without use of equipment, including, but not limited to, ladders and scaffolds;
        (25) in security positions or any occupations that
    
require the use or carrying of a firearm or other weapon;
        (26) in occupations which involve the handling or
    
storage of human blood, human blood products, human body fluids, or human body tissues;
        (27) in any mill, cannery, factory, workshop, or
    
coal, brick, or lumber yard;
        (28) any occupation which is prohibited for minors
    
under federal law; or
        (29) in any other occupation or working condition
    
determined by the Director to be hazardous.
    (b) No person shall employ, allow, or permit a minor to work at:
        (1) any cannabis business establishment subject to
    
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act;
        (2) any establishment subject to the Live Adult
    
Entertainment Facility Surcharge Act;
        (3) any firearm range or gun range used for
    
discharging a firearm in a sporting event, for practice or instruction in the use of a firearm, or the testing of a firearm;
        (4) any establishment in which items containing
    
alcohol for consumption are manufactured, distilled, brewed, or bottled;
        (5) any establishment where the primary activity is
    
the sale of alcohol or tobacco;
        (6) an establishment operated by any holder of an
    
owners license subject to the Illinois Gambling Act; or
        (7) any other establishment which State or federal
    
law prohibits minors from entering or patronizing.
    (c) An employer shall not allow minors to draw, mix, pour, or serve any item containing alcohol or otherwise handle any open containers of alcohol. An employer shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that minors are unable to access alcohol.
    (d) An employer may allow minors aged 14 and 15 to work in retail stores, except that an employer shall not allow minors to handle or be able to access any goods or products which are illegal for minors to purchase or possess.
    (e) No person shall employ, allow, or permit an unlicensed minor to perform work in the practice of barber, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology services requiring a license under the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985, except for students enrolled in a school and performing barber, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology services in accordance with that Act and rules adopted under that Act.
    (f) A person may employ, allow, or permit a minor to perform office or administrative support work that does not expose the minor to the work prohibited in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-721, eff. 1-1-25.)