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Children under the age of 16 no longer have to obtain permission to work in Arkansas. To mark the day that the child labour law rollback went into effect, social media users circulated a photo of ...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a measure this week loosening child labor protections in the state.
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]
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard introduced of the Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564) bill in September 2009. The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564) addresses the harshest conditions that tens of thousands of children as young as 12 years of age may be subject to, such as restrictions in the number of hours that children work in a day.
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The DOL's Wage and Hour division oversaw 736 investigations uncovering child labor violations affecting 4,030 children in fiscal 2024, the agency stated.
The program, ARKids First, reduced the number of uninsured children to nine percent (compared with 12 percent for the nation) in 2003. [9] Also in his first year as governor Huckabee signed a partial birth abortion ban and a $7.6 Million Smart Start program for primary school students to learn "the basic skills of reading, math, and character ...
A Republican-backed bill would change food stamp eligibility for able-bodied adults. Opponents say it will exacerbate food insecurity for nearly all people receiving food assistance, including ...