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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]
Homeschooling laws can be divided into three categories: In some states, homeschooling requirements are based on its treatment as a type of private school (e.g. California, Indiana, and Texas [24]). In those states, homeschools are generally required to comply with the same laws that apply to other (usually non-accredited) schools.
ALABAMA CHILD LABOR LAWS [27] AL 25-8-32 [28] AL 25-8-63 ... (Federal laws create requirements that are more stringent in many cases!) South Dakota Code (Child Labor)
Without work permit requirements, companies caught violating child labor laws can more easily claim ignorance. Other measures to loosen child labor laws have been passed into law in New Jersey ...
Lax child labor laws place kids at dangerous and unnecessary risk. A disturbing trend within state legislatures across the U.S. is the rolling back of child labor laws.
House Bill 255, which would relax certain child labor laws to expand the hours that 16- and 17-year-olds can work during school weeks, received five yes votes in the Senate Committee on Economic ...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is the cornerstone law of U.S. child labor protection, was originally enacted in 1938 to address the widespread abuse and injury suffered by industrial working children. [3] At the time, family farmwork was common, and so the bill carved out lighter standards for kids working in agriculture. [3]
Homeschool advocates have long challenged requirements that would involve state oversight. In 1993, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that a requirement for homeschool teachers to ...