Although pellet (also called airsoft) guns are typically used for sport target shooting rather than hunting, the state of Michigan regards all pellet guns and pistols as firearms. As such, pellet gun owners are subject to the same laws and regulations that apply to shotguns, rifles, automatic ...
Summary Minor labor laws are in place to provide safeguards that prioritize the health, well-being, and education of young employees. Child labor laws in the US are designated by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). Many states default to the f
because they do not want to restrict the rights of an 18-year-old high school graduate, GED recipient or dropout. However, some state laws have restrictions based on school. Most commonly, if 18-year-olds are subject to work restrictions, these are hour restrictions to make time for school...
Last year, there were 835 child labor violation cases in the United States involving 3,876 children. The number of minors illegally employed in fiscal year 2022 was 37 percent higher than in fiscal year 2021, and 283 percent high...
They reported a 33% decrease in 5- to 14-year-olds doing hazardous work. Areas cited for the most progress were Latin American and the Caribbean, while sub-Saharan Africa had made the least progress. In developed countries, there are more likely to be laws, standards, and regulations to ...
She thanks Mary Miller, an expert in child labor protections at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, for excellent advice on the issues addressed here; Mollie Rosenzweig, Allan Thorson, and Jessica Laws for outstanding research (Ms. Rosenzweig in particular analyzed the plight ...
Adjust arbitrary child labor laws:Our child labor laws are laughable. The governing law of Michigan child labor was written in 1978, but verbiage sounds as if it was copy and pasted from a hundred years prior.“The minimum age for employment of minors is 14 years, except that a minor 11...
The depth of the Great Recession, the slow recovery of job creation, the downward trend in labor force participation, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill jobs owing to adverse labor demand shifts, and a greate
Notably the largest absolute declines occurred during this period among 18 to 19 year olds, the group of women most likely to benefit from liberalized access laws. In contrast, first birth rates among 15 to 17 year olds, individuals who were generally too young to benefit, underwent almost no...