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The rules for employment of youth under the FLSA differ when the youth is employed by a parent or person standing in place of a parent.
A youth will be regarded as employed by a parent, if a parent is sole owner of the business, or the youth's parents are the only partners in a partnership or the only stockholders in a corporation.
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U.S. Department of Labor