Recent Federal and State Legislation to Amend Child Labor Laws

Some lawmakers propose loosening child labor laws to fill worker ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours ...

Schatz, Young Introduce New Legislation To Help Stop Child Labor

The bipartisan Stop Child Labor Act would increase maximum fines for violations, establish new criminal penalties, allow victims harmed by violations to file ...

Republicans continue effort to erode US child labor rules despite ...

At the state level, labor departments also saw sharp increases in child labor violations last year. A record number of employers were cited for ...

Steep fines in Iowa set off state-federal showdown over child labor ...

In recent years, lawmakers in Iowa and other states have sought to roll back long-standing child labor protections as employers struggle to ...

Child Labor in America: History, Policy, and Legislative Issues

The FLSA, as amended, protects children by setting conditions under which they may be employed and, in certain types of work, prohibiting their employment ...

Kids at work: States try to ease child labor laws at behest of industry

Georgia Republicans introduced and then withdrew a bill that would eliminate work permits for minors 18 and younger, among other things. South ...

The Republican push to weaken child labor laws, explained - Vox

The federal government regulates youth employment primarily under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a law Congress passed in 1938. The FLSA ...

There is More Work to Be Done to Eliminate Oppressive Child Labor

Today, child labor is subject to regulation by both federal and state law. However, the existing regulatory framework has proven to be ...

Child labor bill passed by Iowa Legislature appears to violate ...

A new law passed by the Iowa Legislature designed to increase youth employment opportunities in a tight labor market appears to violate federal child labor ...

Summary Social Media and Children 2023 Legislation

Amends the Child Labor Law; provides that a vlogger who features a minor child ... New York. S 3281. State Child Data Privacy Protection Act.

HB 255 Weakens Child Labor Laws and Will Fuel More School ...

Bill allows employers to schedule kids for unlimited hours · HB 255 allows kids to work hazardous occupations prohibited under federal law · HB ...

Conflicting Trends in Child Labor Laws Send Mixed Messages to ...

At least seven states, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire and Ohio, have announced efforts to alter restrictions on ...

Child Labor Law - Fair Labor Standards Division

Federal Law Guidance ... Employers are generally subject to both state child labor laws and the federal child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( ...

Unratified Amendments: Regulating Child Labor - Pieces of History

By 1937, when the most recent state passed the amendment, only 28 states had ratified it. ... The act prohibits “oppressive child labor” in the ...

Child Labor Amendment - Wikipedia

The Child Labor Amendment is a proposed and still-pending amendment to the United States Constitution that would specifically authorize Congress to regulate ...

Equal Pay Act of 1963 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

L. 88-38), as amended, as it appears in 29 U.S.C. 206(d). The EPA is part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of ...

Child Labor Laws in the U.S.: A Brief History, Current Status, and A ...

Current Federal Child Labor Law ... Today, the FLSA still governs child labor regulations at the federal level. The FLSA requires employers to pay ...

Child Labor - Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing

There are federal laws that limit the types of work sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) year olds can perform. State law limits the hours that may be worked by ...

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3051 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to apply child labor laws to independent contractors, increase penalties for child labor law violations ...

What to Know About SB 460/HB 917's Child Labor Provisions

Thus, even with SB 460/HB 917's FLSA caveat, the legislation may confuse employers, putting them at risk of violating federal law and as a ...