Posted on Mar 10, 2023
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs a law that makes it easier to employ children
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https://www.npr.org/2023/03/10/ [login to see] /arkansas-child-labor-law-under-16-years-old-sarah-huckabee-sanders
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Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs a law that makes it easier to employ children
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DANG: PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."Arkansas isn't the only state looking to make it easier to employ kids in a tight labor market and fill an economic need. Bills in other states, including Iowa and Minnesota, would allow some teenagers to work in meatpacking plants and construction, respectively. New Jersey expanded teens' working hours in 2022.
Hundreds of migrant children work long hours in jobs that violate child labor laws
But the bills are also occurring alongside a rising tide of minors employed in violation of child labor laws, which have more than tripled since 2015, and federal regulators have promised to crack down on businesses that employ minors in hazardous occupations.
There's no excuse for "why these alarming violations are occurring, with kids being employed where they shouldn't even be in the first place," Jessica Looman, principal deputy administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, told NPR in February.
Investigators from the Department of Labor found hundreds of children employed in dangerous jobs in meatpacking plants. Last month, Packers Sanitation Services paid a $1.5 million fine — the maximum amount — for employing 102 children to work in dangerous meatpacking facility jobs."
..."Arkansas isn't the only state looking to make it easier to employ kids in a tight labor market and fill an economic need. Bills in other states, including Iowa and Minnesota, would allow some teenagers to work in meatpacking plants and construction, respectively. New Jersey expanded teens' working hours in 2022.
Hundreds of migrant children work long hours in jobs that violate child labor laws
But the bills are also occurring alongside a rising tide of minors employed in violation of child labor laws, which have more than tripled since 2015, and federal regulators have promised to crack down on businesses that employ minors in hazardous occupations.
There's no excuse for "why these alarming violations are occurring, with kids being employed where they shouldn't even be in the first place," Jessica Looman, principal deputy administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, told NPR in February.
Investigators from the Department of Labor found hundreds of children employed in dangerous jobs in meatpacking plants. Last month, Packers Sanitation Services paid a $1.5 million fine — the maximum amount — for employing 102 children to work in dangerous meatpacking facility jobs."
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Meatpacking scandal involving underage employees also happened in her state…
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/17/underage-child-labor-working-slaughterhouse-investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/17/underage-child-labor-working-slaughterhouse-investigation
Over 100 children illegally employed by US slaughterhouse cleaning firm
Labor department investigation finds Packers Sanitation Services Inc employed children between ages of 13 and 17 in eight states
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