Child Labor Laws
Sasandra Maceus
What Are Child Labor Laws??
Child Labor Laws involve the following Characteristics:
1. Violates a nation's minimum age laws.
2. Involves intolerable abuse such as: child slavery, child trafficking and forced labor.
CHILD LABOR LAWS IN GA
CHILD LABOR LAWS IN MA
Prohibited Jobs (Hazardous Orders)
Persons under 14 may not work. There are a few exceptions to this such as working as news carriers, on farms, and in entertainment (with a special permit).
Persons under 16 may NOT:
- Operate, clean, or repair power-driven machinery (except office machines or machines for retail, cleanup, or kitchen work not otherwise prohibited
- Cook (except on electric or gas grills that do not have open flames)
- Operate fryolators, rotisseries, NEICO broilers, or pressure cookers
- Operate clean or repair power-driven food slicers, grinders, choppers, processors, cutters, and mixers
- Perform any baking activities
CHILD LABOR LAWS IN EUROPE AND JAPAN
JAPAN
The International Labour Organization (ILO), under its child labour eradication program, provides guidelines and standards to help its member countries implement this program. Japan, a member of ILO, has faced the problem of child labor in the past, as did the other countries. However, unlike many other countries of the world, Japan has successfully addressed the issue of child labor.