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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]
16: Minors age 16 may not work between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on any day before a day school is in session. 17: Minors age 17 may not work between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. on any day before a day when school is in session. These restrictions do not apply to minors who have graduated from high school.
[46] [47] Exemptions in labor laws allowing children as young as 12 to work legally on commercial farms for unlimited hours remain in place. [48] [49] One estimate by Reid Maki, coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition at the National Consumers League, put the number of children working in agriculture in 2018 at between 300,000 to 400,000 ...
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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]
These laws include alarming provisions that would extend the number of hours minors can work; lift restrictions on children doing hazardous work; eliminate parental permission and work ...
The right to sit in the United States refers to state and local laws and regulations guaranteeing workers the right to sit at work when standing is not necessary. The right to sit was a pillar of the early labor movement. Between 1881 and 1917, almost all states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico had passed legislation concerning ...
One of the changes to Iowa's labor laws in 2023 included expanded working hours for children under 16. State law: Iowa expanded the time children between 14 and 15 years old can work to as late as ...