is drafting state legislation to strip child labor protections,The Washington Post has reported. Its lobbying arm, the Opportunity Solutions Project, has been helping push these bills through state legislatures, including in Arkansas and Missouri. ...
Public policy The impact of child labor and child soldiers on economic development in Africa ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Catherine Reese OwusuVictorChild soldiers and child labor contribute to extreme poverty, lack of education, shortage of human resources, and lack of parental or family guidance in ...
While child labor laws are being increasingly violated, lawmakers and business groups in at least 11 states have sought to loosen those laws to help employers fill empty jobs because of labor shortages. The unemployment rate in the ...
Meanwhile, some states are rolling back child labor regulations, with state policymakers arguing that such changes can provide parents with more flexibility in helping their kids get jobs. Earlier this year, Arkansas weakened some child labor protections when Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders sig...
All the specificities of each state’s minor labor laws can be found in the table below. (NOTE: if a box is blank, then there are no hourly or time restrictions for that age group in that state.) Federal/FLSA Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida ...
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Most states also regulate the qualifications and training requirements for child care workers and require child care centers to determine whether a job applicant or worker has a criminal record or has been listed in the state's Child Abuse registry. Some states, such as Arkansas and South ...
Grandparents, and in particular grandmothers, are an important source of informal child care for their grandchildren in most developed countries. The literature shows how these informal transfers of care can help promote female labor participation. However, less is known about how working-age grandmothe...
At the same time, local lawmakers are moving to loosen child labor protections. Some states, including Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, have proposed legislation that would increase the number of hours teenagers could work. Representatives in those states argue that teens already stay out lat...
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