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Download full textVoorheis, Greg; Meyer, Gregg; Van Houten, June – 1997
This paper examines risk and liability issues related to school to work (STW) programs. With the passage of the federal School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994, the distance between the school and the world of work is diminishing. The Act's requirement that students, schools, and employers become part of an integrated learning process brings the…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Insurance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
A joint hearing was held to consider S. 600, a U.S. Senate bill designed to help educate the public about federal child labor laws and strengthen enforcement of child labor laws through an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum presided. The hearings were called because of sporadic enforcement of inadequate…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Children
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1990
This document reports the oral and written testimony given at a hearing on the exploitation of children and teenagers in the workplace. Witnesses included officials of fast food chains and other businesses, Labor Department officials, employees of fast food chains and their parents, and parents of children who were killed or injured while working.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Children
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Wage and Hour Div. – 1977
This booklet is a guide to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (also known as the Wage-Hour Law) which apply to minors employed in agriculture. The content is as follows: coverage of the child labor provisions regarding agricultural employment, minimum age standards for employment in agriculture, school hours and employment in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Child Labor
Bowser, Robert A., Comp. – 1979
This document presents Pennsylvania guidelines for interpreting child labor legislation. In Section I employment certification of minors under the child labor law, the school laws of Pennsylvania, and the federal law are discussed. In Section II the issuing officers responsible for issuing employment certificates are identified, procedures for…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Federal Legislation, Job Application, Labor Legislation
Bureau of Labor Standards (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1964
Developed for personnel who have responsibility in the issuance of employment and age certificates, this document contains sections on: (1) The Young Worker, His Job, and the Law, (2) Good Practices, (3) The Larger View, and (4) Certificates and Federal Law. Guidelines are provided for a coordinator or principal, the director of attendance, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Apprenticeships, Certification, Child Labor
Peer reviewedTupaj-Farthing, Janice – Social Education, 1992
Describes a social studies unit for use in U.S. history courses or a class in contemporary social problems. Explores child labor in U.S. history and today. Includes questions, research, and discussion for small groups of students. Suggests that the unit helps students' view themselves as part of the learning process. (DK)
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Cooperative Learning, History Instruction
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1990
On May 8, 1990, testimony concerning the Child Labor Act of 1990 was heard at a joint hearing of two U.S. Senate subcommittees. Opening statements by Senators Metzenbaum and Jeffords concerned: (1) the increase in child labor law violations since 1983; (2) the lack of increase in penalty fines since that time; (3) child death and injury during…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Labor, Childrens Rights
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Wage and Hour Div. – 1977
This booklet is a guide to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (also known as the Wage-Hour Law) which apply to minors employed in nonagricultural occupations. The content is as follows: coverage of the child labor provisions (covers employees in commerce, the production of goods for commerce, an enterprise engaged in commerce, and an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blue Collar Occupations, Child Labor, Federal Legislation
Braden, Carole Lorraine – 1978
The study reported here examines the relationship between compulsory attendance laws and the juvenile justice system in the United States. The content is presented in five chapters. The first, an introduction, covers the purpose, limitations, and procedure of the study. Chapter 2 explores the historical development of compulsory school attendance…
Descriptors: Attendance, Child Labor, Civil Rights, Compulsory Education
METZLER, WILLIAM H.; SARGENT, FREDERIC O. – 1962
THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A 1957 SURVEY MADE IN SIX SPECIALLY CHOSEN SOUTHERN TEXAS CITIES, WHERE MIGRANTS WERE QUESTIONED REGARDING (1) FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS, INCLUDING MOVEMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, FAMILY SIZE, AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND, AND (2) PROBLEMS CAUSING EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. CURRENT…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Labor, Day Care Centers, Labor Legislation
PDF pending restorationDelaney, William – 1975
Factors affecting the nonagricultural employment of youth are examined in the research study. Chapters in the report discuss a brief history of child labor laws in the United States; the links between the economy and the social goals of society and how child labor laws reflect and yet sometimes contradict economic realities; the economics of the…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Community Involvement, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
A provision of the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibited children under the age of 12 from working in agriculture, except on their parents' farms. Purpose of this provision was to codify as a matter of national social policy that children under 12 should not work for hire in agriculture or any other industry, where they…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Child Labor, Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities
Davidson, Sandra
This guide was developed for young people who are employed or who are seeking employment. Written in an informal, easy-to-read style, it provides steps in obtaining employment and explains young people's rights and responsibilities as beginning employees. The contents provide information about social security requirements, work permits, wages,…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Federal Legislation, Job Application, Labor Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 2001
A Senate subcommittee hearing received testimony concerning a proposed amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to permit Amish youth, ages 14-18, to work under adult supervision in sawmills. Current Department of Labor regulations ban the employment of minors in sawmill operations. This poses a problem for Amish youth who finish their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Amish, Child Labor, Experiential Learning
