Are there any jobs available to fourteen year olds in Whitehall, MT?

Question

Jobs with after school hours

Answer 1

Check out some of the local horse farms there..they might need afternoon stable help. Whitehall is a small town, I know right where you are. In the summer though get in touch with the State/National Parks, you could work down at Lewis and Clark Caverns Part-time. Also a lot of folks head south for the winter, you might look into being a pet babysitter.

Answer 2

They are very limited per your state's and federal child labor laws. Your states code prohibits:

41-2-106. Prohibited employment of minors who are fourteen and fifteen years old. Unless otherwise exempted, a minor 14 or 15 years of age may not be employed in the prohibited occupations in 41-2-107 or in:
(1) a manufacturing occupation;
(2) a processing occupation, including but not limited to filleting fish, dressing poultry, cracking nuts, or laundering and drycleaning;
(3) an occupation that requires the performance of duties in a workroom or workplace where goods are manufactured, mined, or processed;
(4) the operation or tending of a hoisting apparatus or of power-driven machinery;
(5) an occupation in connection with:
(a) transporting persons or property by rail, highway, air, water, pipeline, or other means;
(b) warehousing and storage;
(c) communication and public utilities; or
(d) construction or repair;
(6) an occupation in a retail, food service, or gasoline establishment, including:
(a) work performed in or around a boiler or an engine room;
(b) work in connection with the maintenance or the repair of an establishment, machine, or equipment;
(c) outside window washing that involves working from windowsills and all work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds, or their substitutes at a height of more than 20 feet;
(d) an occupation that involves operating, assembling, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders, food choppers and cutters, or bakery-type mixers;
(e) work in freezers and meat coolers and all work preparing meat for sale, except wrapping, scaling, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stacking when performed in other areas;
(f) loading or unloading goods to and from a truck, railroad car, or conveyor; or
(g) an occupation in a warehouse, except for office or clerical work;
(7) the following agricultural occupations, unless otherwise exempt or working as a student-learner pursuant to 41-2-109:
(a) felling, bucking, skidding, loading, or unloading timber with a butt diameter of more than 9 inches;
(b) repairing a building from a ladder or scaffold at a height of more than 20 feet;
(c) working inside:
(i) a fruit, forage, or grain storage structure designed to retain an oxygen-deficient or toxic atmosphere; or
(ii) an upright silo within 2 weeks after silage has been added or when a top unloading device is in operating position;
(d) handling or using agricultural chemicals classified as poisonous;
(e) handling or using a blasting agent, including but not limited to dynamite, black powder, sensitized ammonium nitrate, blasting caps, or primer cord; or
(f) transporting, transferring, or applying anhydrous ammonia.

So basically this limits you to things like baby sitting, yard work for neighbors, and maybe working as a bag boy at the local grocery.

Your state's law says the things below are what you CAN be employed at:

41-2-108. Employment of minors who are fourteen and fifteen years old. (1) Unless enrolled in and employed pursuant to a school-supervised and school-administered work experience or career exploration program pursuant to 41-2-115(2), a minor 14 or 15 years of age may not be employed in any occupation during school hours.
(2) A minor 14 or 15 years of age may be employed outside school hours in:
(a) the distribution or sale of or in the collection for newspapers, magazines, periodicals, or circulars; and
(b) the following occupations in retail, food service, and gasoline service establishments:
(i) office and clerical work, including the operation of an office machine;
(ii) cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in an advertising department, window trimming, and comparative shopping;
(iii) price marking and tagging by hand or by machine, assembling orders, packing, and shelving;
(iv) bagging and carrying out a customer's order;
(v) errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle, or public transportation;
(vi) cleanup work, including the use of a vacuum cleaner and a floor waxer, and maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of a power-driven mower or cutter;
(vii) kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including the operation of machines and devices used in the performance of the work, which may include but are not limited to a dishwasher, toaster, dumbwaiter, popcorn popper, milkshake blender, and coffee grinder; or
(viii) work in connection with cars and trucks if confined to dispensing gasoline and oil; courtesy service; car cleaning, washing, and polishing; but not including work involving the use of a pit, a rack, or a lifting apparatus or involving the inflation of a tire mounted on a rim equipped with a removable ring.

History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 391, L. 1993.

Answer 3

Most places cannot hire 14 year-olds.
But you can be self-employed & offer services:
baby-sitting, dog-walking, car-washing, lawn-care, etc.