Apply for children to participate in events

Documents required

• Declaration of consent (written consent of the legal guardian)
• medical certificate (not older than 3 months)
• school certificate
  • You must attach a certificate from the school that there is no risk of poorer school performance.
• Statement from the youth welfare office (optional)

Please note

You may only employ the child once you have received the notification of approval. Retroactive approval is not possible. The employment of children without official approval is prohibited and can be punished according to the fines and penal provisions of the Youth Employment Protection Act depending on the circumstances of the offence.

Deadlines

Application deadline: 10 days

Procedure

You can apply in writing for an exception to the ban on child labor. The procedure is as follows:

• Please, fill in the application
• Include the required documents
  • written consent of the legal guardians,
  • the medical certificate (not older than 3 months) and
  • school certificate.
• The competent authority examines the application and decides whether the application can be approved.
• The complete application should be submitted in good time - at least 10 days before the start of employment.
• Incompletely submitted applications cannot be decided; if necessary, the application will be rejected. However, you may submit some information about the event (e.g. location, time, description of the event) via the online service for pre-check purposes.
• Finally, you will receive a permit from the competent authority.
• You may only employ the child once you have received the notification of approval. Retroactive approval is not possible. The employment of children without official approval is prohibited and can be punished according to the fines and penal provisions of the Youth Employment Protection Act depending on the circumstances of the offence.

Processing time

3 to 10 business days

Fees

variable management fee

Legal remedies

• contradiction

Legal basis

§ 6 law for the protection of working youth (youth work protection law - JArbSchG) - official exceptions for events

For the participation of children and young people who are required to attend full-time school (hereinafter: children)

• at theater performances, musical performances, advertising events,
• for recordings on radio and television as well as
• for film and photo shoots

As an employer, you can apply for an exemption from the ban on child labor.

Employers are anyone who employs a child themselves or through a responsible person, e.g. a theatre, a company or a company (e.g. a film production company) or an association (e.g. a choir association in regular opera and concert operations).

A permit is required for the employment of:

• Children (from 0 to 14 years of age)
• Young people subject to full-time schooling (from the age of 15 up to and including the age of 17)

For young people who are still subject to compulsory full-time schooling, the regulations applicable to children apply.

A child's activity must involve creative participation, for example as a performer, musician, supporting character or person without a speaking role (extra), extra, singer, model.

Exceptions for creative participation can be granted:

• for theatrical performances
  • for children over 6 years old
  • up to 4 hours a day
  • between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m
• for music performances and other performances, advertising events and recordings on the radio (radio and television), on sound and image carriers as well as film and photo recordings
  • for children over 3 to 6 years
    • up to 2 hours a day
      between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m
  • for children over 6 years up to the end of the 9th school year
    • up to 3 hours a day
    • in the period from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m

Approval is usually granted for a maximum of 30 days per calendar year and child.

Employment days of several employers are added.

Samples count as part of the working time and are included in the employment time.

After the end of employment, the child must be granted the required 14 hours of free time between two jobs. Participation in school lessons before the end of this period is not affected by this restriction.

Approval is excluded for the participation of children in cabarets, dance halls and similar establishments as well as at amusement parks, fairs, fairs and similar events, shows or performances.

An exception to the employment of a child under the age of 3 cannot be granted.

Employers are responsible for ensuring that the necessary precautions and measures are taken to protect the respective child against dangers to life and health and to avoid adverse physical and mental-spiritual development before the start of employment at the latest. All of the circumstances that play a role in the employment of the child must be taken into account.

Furthermore, the employer must ensure the care and supervision of the child. The necessary measures therefore include careful selection, appointment, information and supervision of the supervisor, even if the employer has delegated these tasks.