Employment Certification (Working Papers)
All minors, individuals under 18 years of age, including college students, high school graduates, married students, and volunteer workers, must obtain an employment certificate if they intend to work. Students must fill out an application (see below) and submit the application to the designated person in high school or middle school that they attend. The school will then issue an employment certificate to the student. The District Family Advocates and Borough Family Advocates can also provide information pertaining to employment certification and will provide working papers in instances where a school does not, e.g., child model permits, out-of-state students.Find out where middle school and high school summer school sessions are being hosted: Summer School Site List Minors who are 14 years of age or over are not required to have employment certificates to work as caddies, babysitters or to engage in casual employment such as yard work and household chores in and about a residence or on the premises of a non-profit, non-commercial organization, not involving the use of power driven machinery. Application for Employment Application for Child Model Permit