CITY OF BURBANK
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
How Can I Get a Work Permit?
- A Work Permit grants you permission to work if you
are under the age of 18
- Your Work Permit must be signed by your school to
ensure that school is your top priority- and that your job will
not interfere with your schooling
- If you are under the age of 18 and you plan on working
- This holds your employer (where you work) accountable
for employing a minor. It ensures that your rights will be upheld-
that they will respect the hours you are allowed to work and will
not ask you to do things that are not age-appropriate. For an
overview of YOUR RIGHTS, click here: YOUR
RIGHTS
Step 1: Get A Job
- To learn how, see HOW
TO GET A JOB
- You must first be OFFERED a job position before
you can obtain your Work Permit
Step 2: Get A Work Permit Request
- You can pick this up at your school's Career Center
- If you are in middle school, check with the front
office.
- If your school does not have Work Permit Requests,
go to your local high school. (whichever public high school
is in your area that you are supposed to go to based on where
you live)
- If school is not in session, you can go to the District
Office.
- If you are getting a job through one of the City's
Programs, we have Work Permit Requests in the Youth Employment
Office
Step 3: Fill out your information
- There is a section that says : "For Minor to
Complete" at the top of your work permit. This is YOU.
Fill in your name, social security number, date of birth, age,
address, and telephone number
Step 4: Have your Parent/ Legal Guardian Sign
- At the very bottom of the Work Permit Request, there
is a spot for your parent or guardian to sign. This means that
they approve of you getting a job with this company.
Step 5: Take to your Employer to fill out
- Take your Work Permit Request to your employer (whoever
offered you the job)
- Ask them to fill out the section that says: "For
Employer to Complete"
- Your employer needs to provide their name, address,
and phone number. In addition, they need to list their Workers
Compensation Insurance Company and the amount of hours that
YOU are legally allowed to work based on your age. They
can check the back of the Work Permit for those hours. (See
YOUR RIGHTS)
- Your Supervisor (your boss) must sign the Work Permit
Request
Step 6: Take the completed form to your Career Center
- You must return the Work Permit Request Form to
your school career center
- If you are in middle school or a school where they
do not issue Work Permits, you need to take your Request Form
to the public high school that you are supposed to go to based
on where you live.
- They will type the information into a computer and
issue you your ACTUAL Work Permit
- Please give them a couple of days to do this
Step 7: Take the ACTUAL Work Permit back to
your employer
- You must turn in your ACTUAL Work Permit to
your job so that they may hire you
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