L-2 spouses are employment-authorized incident to status. The permission comes with the status itself rather than from a separate grant, though documentation should be confirmed for the specific case.
Spousal work is a feature of L status
Hypothetical example: This is one of the clearer differences between L and TN, and it often changes a household's arithmetic. A spouse in L-2 status is employment-authorized incident to that status, so the spouse's earning capacity does not depend on finding a separate sponsor. Children in L-2 may attend school, but dependent children do not receive work permission through the parent's status.
A Selwyn household should still confirm the documentation each employer will expect to see, and should keep the spouse's own professional licensing in view, because immigration permission to work is not the same as a state regulator's permission to practise a regulated occupation. Where the spouse holds a licensed profession, that licensing timeline belongs on the household calendar alongside the principal's petition, and it is frequently the longer of the two.