Federal Laws in Regards to Child Labor

Child labor is something which the labor laws were actually made to prevent in the first place in 1832. Today, the age at which a person can be employed starts at 14 in the United States of America, and even then there are actually rules in place which prevent the employers from overworking their minor employees, as well as restrictions on the places they can be employed at; for example, an underage worker cannot be legally employed by a mining company since they would be required to perform some physically gruelling and punishing work. It is actually a fairly common practice for companies which do not require complex work to be performed to hire employees under the age of 18 in order to fill up their part-time slots along with offering youngsters their first job opportunity. If you are the owner of a business and you are looking into giving some work to youngsters in your company then perhaps you should take a good look at the child labor law posters which you need to put up to make sure that you are in the clear. These laws exist to provide protection to children from being exploited and underpaid, meaning that you will have to comply with restrictions and make use of scheduling practices which comply with the state labor law posters and federal labor law posters.

While the laws differ from state to state, there are actually some federal laws in regards to child labor which are applicable anywhere. These laws include the following clauses: no child under the age of 14 may be employed legally, no person under the age of 16 can be asked to work either before 7.am or after 7pm while school is in session (also no more than three working hours during a school day are allowed). People who are under the age of 16 are also forbidden to work more than 18 hours during a school week, and they cannot work more than 40 hours a week and more than 8 hours a day during vacations. Also, needless to say there is a law which clearly states that a youth under the age of 16 is not allowed to work during regular school hours, which is more than understandable.

As you can see, the labor laws have a gone a long way since the days children were being exploited, working in mines and dying before they even reached adulthood; the laws make sure that the kids of today have a shot at some kind of future.