Section 51.013 - Hours of Employment; Hardship Exemption(a) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is employed by the person to work more than: (1) eight hours in one day; or(2) 48 hours in one week.(b) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work: (1) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day; or(2) between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day.(c) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is not enrolled in summer school to work between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day during the time that school is recessed for the summer.(d) The commission may adopt rules for determining whether hardships exist. If, on the application of a child, the commission determines that a hardship exists for that child, this section does not apply to that child. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.