Child labor laws - Definition and Overview

Child labor law reform began in the 1910s

The United States has adopted numerous statutes and rules regulating the employment of minors, called child labor laws. People under the age of 18 have to have a permit to work. Those of the age 16 and 17 are not required to provide a work permit after the last day of the school year, in the spring or before the last day of school. The under age teen that has a permit is able to work and get paid minimum wage of $5.15 per hour ($4.25 per hour applies to young workers under the age of 20 during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer). When a company employs minors they have to make a list and post it in a conspicuous place. The minors have to keep a book to keep the time they works and the breaks they get. They also have a restriction on the hours and some of these are as follows: during school hours, before 7 a.m or after 9 a.m more than 3 hours and eighteen hours in one week. Those who are 14 and 15 have more restrictions than those that are the age of 16 and 17. The 14 and 15 yrs old are prohibited from engaging in certain tasks such as: mining, railroads, roofing operations, manufacture of chemicals. There must be a six to one ratio of minors to adult supervisors.

External links

• http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

References

• Gilchrist, John, Kids and the Law, ISBN 0945896026.

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