Federal Work-Study Requirements for Employers

 
  1. Must be a non-profit entity.
  2. The job cannot displace a regular employee, involve sectarian instruction or religious worship, partisan or non-partisan political activity, or any lobbying on the federal level.
  3. A student cannot work more than 20 hours/week while enrolled, and 40 hours/week during school breaks or a period of non-enrollment, usually summer.
  4. The workweek starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday. A student cannot work more than eight hours/day or on holidays.