Iowa teenagers could work more jobs and for longer hours under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Several states are embracing a rollback of child labor laws in response to complaints from business owners that they can’t find enough workers.
FILE - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds gives the Condition of the State address to members of the Iowa Legislature inside the House Chamber on Jan. 10, 2023, at the Iowa state Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa teenagers could work more jobs and for longer hours under a bill signed into law Friday, May 26, by Reynolds.
The Republican governor signed the law after it was approved by the Legislature earlier in May with only Republican support.a rollback of child labor laws in response to complaints from business owners that they can’t find enough workers. Iowa’s April unemployment rate was 2.7%. Legislators removed language in earlier versions of the bill that would have let state officials allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work in jobs now banned for minors. Some potentially dangerous work such as mining and meatpacking also would be off limits to those younger than 18.
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