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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]
In 1915, Wyoming's suitable seating laws granted seating only for girls under the age of 18. The law stipulated that "No girl under 18 shall be employed where compelled to stand constantly; employers required to provide seats for girls under 18." [161] Wyoming's suitable seating law for girls was repealed in 1996. [43] [162]
14: Maximum of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week during the non-school day period; During the school day can only work 3 hours per day and 18 hours per school week; Arizona law further limits employment of children under the age of 16 making it unlawful for a child under the age of 16 to work between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 6 a.m.
That's later than federal law allows, so a companion measure asks the U.S. Congress to amend its own laws. Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, students that age can only work until 7 p.m ...
Most recently, Missouri is considering a bill to loosen restrictions for kids ages 14 and 15, and the Alabama Policy Institute is pushing for undoing child labor laws as a solution to Alabama's ...
The primary Federal law governing the employment of workers under age 18 is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, which is enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration within DOL. Child labor provisions of the FLSA are designed to protect the educational opportunities of minors and prohibit their ...
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 ...
The common legal opinion on federal child labor regulation reversed in the 1930s. Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 regulating the employment of those under 16 or 18 years of age. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of that law in United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941), which overturned Hammer v.