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  2. Child labor laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The main law regulating child labor in the United States is the Fair Labor Standards Act.For non-agricultural jobs, children under 14 may not be employed, children between 14 and 16 may be employed in allowed occupations during limited hours, and children between 16 and 17 may be employed for unlimited hours in non-hazardous occupations. [2]

  3. Child labor in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, David Koch pledged to "abolish" child labor laws as a part of his vice president campaign on the Libertarian ticket. In 1982, Ronald Reagan expanded the legal range of jobs permitted for children ages 14 and 15, and made it easier for employers to pay less than minimum wage. [37] States have varying laws covering youth employment.

  4. Virginia Department of Labor and Industry - Wikipedia

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    The agency also administers child labor, minimum wage, and other labor laws. The Virginia Apprenticeship Council and the Safety and Health Codes Board are the advisory bodies formally constituted in the Code of Virginia which are affiliated with the agency. [7] The agency is currently led by Gary G. Pan, who has served as commissioner since ...

  5. The Forgotten History of the Child Labor Amendment - AOL

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    A 1922 study of seasonal demand for farm labor in Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey found that three-fifths of white children and nearly three-fourths of Black children were working before the ...

  6. Company to pay almost $650,000 for child labor violations in ...

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    The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a consent agreement with a firm for violating child labor laws at meatpacking plants in Iowa and Virginia Company to pay almost $650,000 for child labor ...

  7. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. [2] [3] It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppressive child labor". [4]

  8. Janitorial company hired minors to clean slaughterhouses, US ...

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    According to the complaint, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division “found that Fayette employs minors under the age of 18 whose job is to clean the killing floor.”

  9. Right to sit in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Principles of Labor Legislation, a foundational labor law text written in 1916 by John R. Commons and John Bertram Andrews, noted that an aspect of early 20th century labor reforms that is "[p]articularly striking is the special protection of women manifested in the laws on seats, toilets, and dressing-rooms." At the time, all right to sit ...