From Arkansas to Iowa, laws and proposals introduced in multiple states would make it easier for teens as young as 14 to work. Legislators say it's a response to the current hot jobs market.
that would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work in industrial laundry services and freezers at meatpacking plants. It'd also prevent many of them from receiving worker's compensation if they are sickened, injured or killed on the job.
Democrats and Republicans in Ohio are considering removing a cap on the number of hours children as young as 14 can work during the school year as long as a parent or legal guardian approves.that missed a key deadline would have allowed 16- and 17-year-olds to work in construction or on building project sites.that allows people 16 and up to work 50 hours a week during summer break if they get permission from a parent or legal guardian.
It should come as no surprise that — deprived of able-bodied adults — companies are more willing than ever to hire youngsters to do the jobs their elders won't."The notion that you would put kids at risk in order to meet some claimed labor shortage is just preposterous," Michael Hancock, a civil rights and employment attorney and a former senior Department of Labor official, told Axios.
Hancock said younger workers risk falling behind in school and may be more likely to accept lower wages because they don't know the value of their labor.co-executive director of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, said the provision in the Iowa bill that shields businesses from some liabilities essentially acknowledges the legislation would create dangerous working environments.
"This one is so blatantly saying, 'We know that what we're doing is going to harm young people, so we may as well just call a spade a spade and exempt businesses from their responsibility for what we created,'" Goldstein-Gelb said.
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