Working Papers

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 can also provide information pertaining to employment certification and will provide working papers in instances where a school does not (e.g., when schools are closed, child model permits, out-of-state students).

Documentation for working papers/employment include:

- an application with Section 1 completed and signed by parent

- a birth certificate as evidence of age

- an original doctor's note (stating the minor is "fit for employment" or "fit to model") or an original certificate of physical fitness completed by a physician

- schooling record (Private school and non-NYC public school students including out-of-state students are to have a completed Schooling Record section of the application along with a letter from school or recent report card. Registered NYC public school students are to have their school ID. For the Child Model Permit, a schooling record is only required for minors ages 6 and up.)

- signature of minor in presence of issuing official (For the Child Model Permit, the minor's signature is only required for minors ages 12 and up.)

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--Working Papers for minors ages 14 to 17 (Form AT-17)

Application for Child Model Permit (Form AT-22)

For Child Model Permits for minors under the age of 12, Child Model Permit (AT-22) applications with required documentation (see above) are to be mailed to your nearest District Family Advocate.

For Child Model Permits for minors ages 12 and up, please call your nearest District Family Advocate for an appoinment to have the minor sign for the Child Model Permit.

School officials can visit the Principals' Portal for instructions on ordering working papers.

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