Victoria's laws protect children from doing work that could harm their health and well-being most businesses employing children need a license and must comply with child safe standards in addition to a license a child must be 11 to deliver newspapers and advertising material and 13 to do other types of work like retail or hospitality there's no age limit for work in entertainment businesses can apply for a license online and must provide information about the business the work the child will do workplace risks or hazards and how they are mitigated and their history of compliance with child employment and workplace laws in Victoria children must be supervised by someone who is at least 18 years old and holds a Victorian working with children clearance there are restrictions on the type of work children can do when they can work and for how long in most cases children can't work before 6am after 9 pm or during school hours School term children can work up to three hours a day and a maximum of 12 hours a week during school holidays children can work for up to six hours a day and 30 hours a week they must also receive a 30-minute rest break after every three hours of work and have at least 12 hours break between shifts Victoria's child employment laws help keep children safe in the workplace for more information head to the wage inspectorate Victoria website
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