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US Department of Labor extends comment period on proposed rule to update child labor regulations

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US Department of Labor extends comment period on proposed rule to update child labor regulations

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has announced a 30-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule to revise regulations addressing child labor in agricultural and nonagricultural employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The rule proposed by the Wage and Hour Division would amend existing FLSA child labor regulations and incorporate into the regulations the enforcement policies the division follows when determining whether to assess a civil money penalty for child labor violations.
On Sept. 2, the department published a notice of proposed rulemaking in 76 Federal Register 54836 with a comment period scheduled to end on Nov. 1. Although many comments have been submitted on the proposal, the department also has received requests to extend the period for filing public comments from members of Congress and various agricultural business organizations.
Because of the interest that has been expressed and the department’s desire to obtain as much information about its proposals as possible, the period for submitting public comment on the notice of proposed rulemaking has been extended through Dec. 1. To view the proposed rule and submit comments, visit the federal e-rulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov and search by regulation identification number 1235-AA06.
Information about the federal labor laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division is available in English and Spanish by calling the division’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243), or by visiting its website at http://www.dol.gov/whd/.

3 Comments »

  1. I am a 4th generation rancher, my children are fifth. We all grew up working on the ranch, as did my children now ages 41 to 23. Our ranches would not have made it financially if the kids didn’t work on them.
    The local livestock markets depend on 16-18 year olds to do lots of the running and sorting. Some work in the office as paper runners.
    Ranch kids, on a whole, are safe around livestock and machinery, they were raised around it, they have a feel for it. I would trust our machinery and cattle to a ranch kid before someone off the street anytime.
    Don’t take away our choice on who to hire.

    //Cathy Palmer
    7 November 2011 at 7:39 PM

  2. The government’s unending attemts to micro-manage our lives by excessive regulation is one of the reasons our nation is bankrupt. We have enough rules and regulations as is.

    //wayne eatinger
    25 November 2011 at 2:04 AM

  3. Please reconsider that “Child Labor Law” because it will do more harm to the agriculture business. Agriculture is the back bone of our country. With the unemployment in other sectors of our country, more of the children born and raised on the farm will be leaving the farm to fill these jobs, and will get employed because they have been raised with good work ethics and family values and the knowledge of how to work. No one, including farmers, will intentionally put their employees in harmful situations. the proposed rule is just another example of people writing rules and not having any common sense. How do you propose to monitor this new rule? By hiring more government employees? There are already too many of them. Let’s get back to the basics and backbone of our country: Agriculture

    //LaVonne Westland
    1 December 2011 at 4:00 PM

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