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Friday, April 1, 2011

CHILD LABOR COMING BACK IN THE LAND OF THE FREE

In Maine, Republican lawmakers are pushing two bills that would roll back parts of the state’s child labor laws. The first measure would let employers pay workers under the age of 20 a full $2.25 less per hour than Maine’s minimum wage for their first 180 days on the job. The bill would also eliminate the maximum number of hours a minor 16 years of age or older can work on a school day. The second would allow 16- and 17-year-old teenagers to work one hour later on school nights.

1 comment:

punkrawker4783 said...

Canada does this already, min wage is $2 less per hour until you have 500 hours of "experience".