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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]
Under 16: Minors under the age of 16 may maximum work: 3 hours on a school day. 18 hours in a school week. 8 hours on a non-school day. 40 hours in a non-school week. Only between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Working is not allowed during school hours. Over 16: Minors over the age of 16 may maximum work: 44 hours per week. WH-218 (Rev. 12/30/13)
[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 and 400,000 ...
The statutory minimum age is 16, except for those who have completed less than three years of secondary education, for whom it is 18. [18] [19] The minimum working ages are: 14 during school holidays; 15 during term time; 16 for working up to 40 hours per week and 8 hours per day; 18 for working with no age-based restrictions.
Children younger than 9 were not allowed to work, those aged 9–16 could work 12 hours per day per the Cotton Mills Act. In 1856, the law permitted child labour past age 9, for 60 hours per week, night or day. In 1901, the permissible child labour age was raised to 12. [1] [2] A Chinese child repairing shoes, late 19th century
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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]
The maximum working week in the United Kingdom is 48 hours a week on average, which is typically averaged over 17 weeks. Workers have the choice of opting out of the 48-maximum week. There also exceptions to the maximum working week including – but not limited to – being in the armed forces, emergency services or police. [93]