Californian Labour Laws for Babies

I’d always wondered what laws regulated babies on tv/film - ABC News: Sleeping on the Job — a Day’s Work in Hollywood

There was a time when babies were pinched to make them cry and worked a full day. But now, at least in California, there are work rules for babies.

They can’t work until they are 15 days old, and the production must have a nurse on the set and a teacher for every baby. There are also time limits, so while the babies can spend two hours on the set, they can do only 20 minutes of work.

That means several babies may be needed to complete a role. It took three newborns to play the baby in the recent drama “Waitress.”

There’s also also a quote from a producer who probably has one of the worst jobs in town:

“See, this is what strikes me as funny. Most of the time you are
rejecting babies,” said Leslie Patson of Baby Style. “I know, it’s
horrible, yeah. They’re just babies. It’s business.”