A description of juvenile labor law in the Russian Federation. Chapter headings are: Chapter XII of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation: juvenile labor. Hygienic criteria, working conditions, and types of work for which juveniles may be trained. Medical and biological criteria for evaluating working conditions in allowing or refusing the employment of adolescents. Decision of the State Commission of Labor of the USSR and the Presidium of the All-Union Central Trade-Union Council of July 28, 1983, on changing the list of jobs and professions with hazardous working conditions in which persons younger than 18 years are not allowed to work. Decision of the State Commission of Labor of the USSR and the Presidium of the All-Union Central Trade-Union Council of June 21, 1985, on changing the list of jobs and professions with hazardous working conditions in which persons younger than 18 years are allowed to work. Decision of the State Commission of Labor of the USSR and the Presidium of the All-Union Central Trade-Union Council of March 12, 1990, on allowing graduates of vocational education institutions younger than 17 years to operate agricultural vehicles. Decision of the State Commission of Labor of the USSR of February 22, 1991, to amend the list of jobs and professions with hazardous working conditions in which persons younger than 18 years are not allowed to work.