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Related: About this forumChild labor laws in the United States (from Wikipedia) ...I wasn't aware of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labor_laws_in_the_United_StatesHuman rights organizations have documented child labor in USA. According to a 2009 petition by Human Rights Watch: "Hundreds of thousands of children are employed as farm workers in the United States, often working 10 or more hours a day. They are often exposed to dangerous pesticides, experience high rates of injury, and suffer fatalities at five times the rate of other working youth. Their long hours contribute to alarming drop-out rates. Government statistics show that barely half ever finish high school. According to the National Safety Council, agriculture is the second most dangerous occupation in the United States. However, current US child labor laws allow child farm workers to work longer hours, at younger ages, and under more hazardous conditions than other working youths. While children in other sectors must be 12 to be employed and cannot work more than 3 hours on a school day, in agriculture, children can work at age 12 for unlimited hours before and after school."
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Child labor laws in the United States (from Wikipedia) ...I wasn't aware of this: (Original Post)
C Moon
Jan 2015
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hack89
(39,171 posts)1. The law refers to family farms
every member of a farm family helps out.
The regulations for agricultural employment are generally less strict, allowing children to work an unlimited number of hours on a farm and allowing them to do so during school hours if a parent or guardian works that same farm.
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)2. Your block quote doesn't mention "family farms"
But farms where your parents work as laborers
FBaggins
(26,714 posts)3. That's because it's a wikipedia summary
There are actually multiple exceptions to multiple rules. Some (such as minimum age) merely require parental permission... some must be at a farm where the parent also works. The exception to the rule forbidding employment during school hours requires that the parent must be the employer. Migrant/seasonal workers don't qualify.
Generally speaking, it's primarily family farms that are impacted.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. Only if it's their parents' farm (nt)