Revised 4/09

Work Permit Instructions

Instructions for the ES

 

All students from the ages of 14 through 17 are required to have a Work Permit before they begin work, unless they are in the entertainment business, in which case they will need an Entertainment Permit, see last entry for information.

 

ES Approval is required to obtain a regular Work Permit or an Entertainment Permit.  Approval is granted based on the student’s satisfactory academic progress, and can be revoked at any time if the student’s schoolwork is not acceptable.  Please note, only the school office can sign a permit of any kind (Work Permit or Entertainment Permit).

 

Work Permit Procedures:

1.     Work Permit Checklist & Statement of Intent to Employ Minor and Request for Work Permit : Student obtains both from school website.

2.    For Minor to Complete section of the Statement of Intent to Employ Minor and Request for Work Permit: Completed by student.

3.    For Employer to Complete: Employer completes, providing sufficient detail under “Minor’s Work Duties” i.e. description of job responsibilities, tasks, duties to be performed by the student, etc.  Employer also completes the maximum number of hours that the minor will be working and signs form.

4.    For Parent or Guardian to Complete section: Parent completes, signing and dating where noted.

  1. If student is applying for an additional job, student writes “2nd Job” on the upper right hand corner of the application, and lists the name of the other employer under the section titled For Parent or Guardian to Complete on the application.  Student needs to include another complete application for the second job.
  2. For School to Complete section: Leave Blank.  This section is for the school office to complete.

7.    Copy of the student’s Social Security Card with the same name as the one in which the work permit is requested must be included with application.

8.    Copy of the student’s official Birth Certificate must be included with application, unless already in Webfiles.  (here is the link to the CA State Vital Records, if needed)

9.    Work Permit ES Approval/Denial Template: ES emails to the office, giving Approval or Denial for student to obtain a permit. 

For 14 or 15 Year Old Students Only: ES emails confirmation to the office that student is earning Career Exploration credits.

10. Office Receipt of All of the Above: Work Permit is completed and mailed to student within 3 days of receiving the complete packet.

11.  Student receives Work Permit, signs, and gives to employer.

12. Renewing a Work Permit: ES emails the office the date the initial work permit was granted, following the procedures above.  However, No copies of the Social Security Card or Birth Certificate are required—the office received them when processing the initial work permit.

 

Easy Work Permit Packet Acronym

B-irth Certificate

A-pplication

S-ocial Security copy

E-S Approval

 

Processing Instructions for Work Permit Paperwork:

Fax or mail COMPLETED WORK PERMIT PACKET to:

OGCS or SSCS, ATTN: Work Permits

1166 Broadway, Ste. Q

Placerville, CA 95667 

(800) 979-4436

Fax: (530) 626-8201

 

Entertainment Permit Procedures

1.  Application for Permission to Work in the Entertainment Industry (Entertainment Permit application): Available to parents through this link, in addition to other pertinent information http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/DLSE-Forms-CL.htm 

2.  Top of form: Parent completes, signs, then mails (no faxes accepted) form to school office, Attn: Work Permits. 

3.  Work Permit ES Approval/Denial Template: ES emails to the office, giving Approval or Denial for student to obtain a permit. 

4.  School Record portion: School office completes.

5.  Office mails application to parent.

6.  Parent mails (no faxes accepted) or takes in completed application to any office of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, including a self-addressed stamped envelope.