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GOP Wants To Weaken Child Labor Laws
Posted: Apr 10, 2011
under a new piece of legislation introduced in the state's House of Representatives, employers would be able to pay anyone under the age of 20 as little as $5.25 an hour for their first 180 days on the job.
The bill, LD 1346, also eliminates the maximum number of hours a minor 16 years of age or older can work on a school day and allows a minor under the age of 16 to work up to four hours on a school day during hours when school is not in session.
With Maine's unemployment above 7 percent, state Rep. Paul Gilbert (D) wonders why Republicans are pushing to create a pool of cheap labor when so many people are begging for jobs.
"If we had a shortage of job applicants or potential workers, then you could look at other populations to ease that strain on the workforce," Gilbert told The Huffington Post. "But we don't have that right now. We have an excess of job applicants here in Maine, as well across the country."
The state Senate is also currently considering a bill (LD 516) that would allow 16- and 17-year-old students to work until 11:00 p.m. on school nights. Currently, they're allowed to work until 10:00 p.m. It would also allow students to work for a total of 24 hours per week, four more than current law allows. Senators on the Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee are split along party lines on the bill, but it's likely to pass when the full body votes on it--the Senate, like the House, is controlled by Republicans.
Democrats in the legislature, along with progressives, labor groups, and advocates for women and children, are opposed to the bills, while industry groups such as the Maine Restaurant Association argue that the current law is too strict compared to others in New England.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/30/maine-gop-legislators-loo_n_842563.html
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Republicans also want lower minimum wages - It said the Tea Party Favors the lower wages
[ In Reply To ..]Quoted from article:
Republicans throughout the country have proved yet again they are not on the side of working class Americans by saying they want to lower or eliminate the federal minimum wage.
Democrats have been pouncing on their Republican challenger's own words against the minimum wage, and with the help of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's lack of knowledge on the minimum wage as well, more Democrats should press their opponents on the issue. On Tuesday night's show of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, Steele was asked several times if he knew the minimum wage, but through his dodging around of the question, trying to change subject and actually giving two amounts that were both incorrect, it was clear he did not.
Congress passed the law in 2007 that made the federal minimum wage increase over time to today's amount of $7.25 an hour or about $15,000 a year. Three of the four San Bernardino County Republican congressmen voted against raising it. The other Republican did not vote, and the lone Democrat for the county voted for it.
Sure Steele is not running for office, but as the chairman of the national Republican Party and being the spokesman for the Republicans as a whole, it goes to the larger problem of the GOP clearly being out of touch with what most Americans go through day to day and want ﾃャﾃｯﾂｿﾂｽﾃモﾃつ｢ﾃャﾃつｯﾃモﾃつｿﾃモﾃつｽﾃャﾃつｯﾃモﾃつｿﾃモﾃつｽ despite the party claiming they understand better than the Democrats. Republican candidates Joe Miller of Alaska, John Raese of West Virginia, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Linda McMahon of Connecticut have all called for reducing the minimum wage with Raese flat out saying it should be eliminated. If this is what the American people want then those candidates must not have gotten the memo showing most Americans actually want the minimum wage to increase.
Americans' views
Democrats would have a winning campaign issue with this if they chose to press their challengers on it because the Public Religion Research Institute conducted a survey that showed two-thirds of Americans support raising the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour. The poll showed 67 percent of respondents, including 51 percent of Republicans, favored the increase; however, 50 percent of the people who identify themselves as belonging to the Tea Party oppose raising the minimum wage.
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In fact had the minimum wage, which began in the 1930s, kept pace with inflation, the National Employment Law Project said it would be more than $10 today.
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, 3.6 million workers had wages at or below the minimum wage in 2009, which accounts for 4.9 percent of all hourly-paid workers. The Labor Department also found Texas, West Virginia and Alabama had the highest proportion of hourly-paid workers earning at or below the Federal minimum wage while Oregon, Washington and California had the lowest proportion.
For most people, making $15,000 a year would be nowhere near enough to get by in this country. When people consider their own lives with groceries, gas for their cars, mortgage payments or rent, various bills and other expenses, bringing in slightly less than $300 a week would probably seem terrifying and stressful for them.
http://www.examiner.com/democrat-in-los-angeles/republicans-call-for-lowering-eliminating-federal-minimum-wage
Yup - no1joe
[ In Reply To ..]Lovely, isn't it? They were trying to "amend" the child labor laws in Missouri, too. And where is the poster who was screaming that it was only 1 Republican in 1 state? Would love to hear from you.
Here's the older post on the same subject: http://general.mtstars.com/263475.html
Not the screaming poster, however....I do - remember reading that
[ In Reply To ..]after all was said and done in Missouri, what they were trying to change was not what was represented and when reading the actual wording, did not rate the catastrophic wailing and gnashing of teeth of the left.
Instead of quoting an article, please post the actual bill proposal to see if again it is hyped beyond belief. There are federal labor laws that the state cannot usurp.
So, until someone posts the actual bill I am going to assume this doesn't amount to the republicans trying to put kids in the sweatshop.
Here... - no1joe
[ In Reply To ..]I posted it last time too.
http://www.senate.mo.gov/11info/pdf-bill/intro/SB222.pdf
I know about Missouri....it is the other - state that I was interested
[ In Reply To ..]in.
Google - no1joe
[ In Reply To ..]http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/billpdfs/HP098701.pdf
And you read the Missouri bill and didn't see any reason for people to have a problem with it? Really?
Yes, really. There are federal child labor laws - that would trump
[ In Reply To ..]all the "badddd" things that were posted here that the Missouri law was said to be going to happen, like hours and days they could work, and whether or not they could be out of school to work, yada yada. I do remember reading that, and in reading the law, I did not see anything horrific...and at that time it was just a bill and had not been passed. Has it since been passed?
Will look at the Maine bill when I have a chance, thanks for posting the link.
You do realize that if someone soon doesn't deal with this deficit and cut spending that it will probably take mom and dad and all the kids working just to live....that is until the dollar tanks and we go bankrupt trying to keep funding all the entitlements. At that point we all better learn Chinese.
Thank God for Federal laws which protect those who cannot protect themselves - I mean that reverently---Thank God
[ In Reply To ..]I am thankful that we do have laws that require fairness when there are those who would take advantage of the vulnerable otherwise.
Well.. - no1joe
[ In Reply To ..]There are some who have a problem with them. Whether or not they're gonna try to do anything about it, IDK.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/14/mike-lee-child-labor-laws_n_809100.html
I would suggest the good people of Missouri... - and of Maine...
[ In Reply To ..]have read the bills and have a problem with them to get busy writing their congresspeople.
Maybe my math is wrong but a minor - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]
cannot work more than 6 consecutive days; later than 10 p.m. on a school day (so that would consist of 6 hours a day if they got straight from school to work 4-10); or later than midnight when school is not in session the next day (say Friday evening 4-12) which would be 8 hours.
Nothing for a minor under 16 is changed except adding 1 hour to the alloted time they may work.
The $5.25/hour is called a 'training wage'. Would it shock you to know that the Labor Board's "training wage" is $1 less per hour?
Also, you should find this interesting:
The child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establish a minimum age of 16 years for employment in nonagricultural occupations, but the Secretary of Labor is authorized to provide by regulation for 14- and 15-year-olds to work in suitable occupations other than manufacturing or mining, and during periods and under conditions that will not interfere with their schooling or health and well-being. The child labor provisions of the FLSA permit 16- and 17-year-olds to work in the nonagricultural sector without hours or time limitations, except in certain occupations found and declared by the Secretary to be particularly hazardous or detrimental to the health or well-being of such workers.
Hours of work and conditions of employment permitted forminors 14 and 15 years of age.
(a) Hours standards. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, employment in any of the permissible occupations to which this subpart is applicable shall be confined to the following periods: (1) Outside of school hours; (2) Not more than 40 hours in any 1 week when school is not in session; (3) Not more than 18 hours in any 1 week when school is in session; (4) Not more than 8 hours in any 1 day when school is not in session; (5) Not more than 3 hours in any 1 day when school is in session, including Fridays; (6) Between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. in any 1 day, except during the summer (June 1 through Labor Day) when the evening hour will be 9 p.m.
(b) Definitions. As used in this section: Outside school hours means such periods as before and after school hours, holidays, summer vacations, weekends, and any other day or part of a day when school is not in session as determined by the local public school district in which the minor resides when employed. Summer school sessions, held in addition to the regularly scheduled school year, are considered to be outside of school hours. School hours refers to the hours that the local public school district where the minor resides while employed is in session during the regularly scheduled school year. Week means a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours--seven consecutive 24-hour periods--that is identical to the workweek the employer establishes for the employee under Sec. 778.105 of this title. Week when school is in session refers to any week the local public school district where the minor resides while employed is in session and students are required to attend for at least one day or partial day.
(c) Exceptions.
(1) School is not considered to be in session, and exceptions from the hours limitations standards listed in paragraphs (a)(1), (3), and (5) of this section are provided, for any youth 14 or 15 years of age who:
(i) Has graduated from high school;
(ii) Has been excused from compulsory school attendance by the state or other jurisdiction once he or she has completed the eighth grade and his or her employment complies with all the requirements of the state school attendance law;
(iii) Has a child to support and appropriate state officers, pursuant to state law, have waived school attendance requirements for this minor;
(iv) Is subject to an order of a state or federal court prohibiting him or her from attending school; or
(v) Has been permanently expelled from the local public school he or she would normally attend, unless the youth is required, by state or local law or ordinance, or by court order, to attend another school.
(2) In the case of minors 14 and 15 years of age who are employed to perform sports-attending services at professional sporting events, i.e., baseball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, etc., the requirements of paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(6) of this section shall not apply, provided that the duties of the sports-attendant occupation consist of pre- and post-game or practice setup of balls, items and equipment; supplying and retrieving balls, items and equipment during a sporting event; clearing the field or court of debris, moisture, etc., during play; providing ice, drinks, towels, etc., to players during play; running errands for trainers, managers, coaches, and players before, during, and after a sporting event; and returning and/or storing balls, items and equipment in club house or locker room after a sporting event. For purposes of this exception, impermissible duties include grounds or field maintenance such as grass mowing, spreading or rolling tarpaulins used to cover playing areas, etc.; cleaning and repairing equipment; cleaning locker rooms, showers, lavatories, rest rooms, team vehicles, club houses, dugouts or similar facilities; loading and unloading balls, items and equipment from team vehicles before and after a sporting event; doing laundry; and working in concession stands or other selling and promotional activities. (3) Exceptions from certain of the hours standards contained in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(3) of this section are provided for the employment of minors who are enrolled in and employed pursuant to a school-supervised work-experience and career exploration program as detailed in Sec. 570.36.
(4) Exceptions from certain of the hours standards contained in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(5) of this section are provided for the employment of minors who are participating in a work-study program designed as described in Sec. 570.37.
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