Amends and repeals existing law to remove provisions regarding child labor.
LABOR -- Amends and repeals existing law to remove provisions regarding child labor.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Youth employment is currently hampered by a legacy of restrictive regulation in Idaho. Other states like Iowa, Nebraska, and Arkansas have passed legislation to liberate young adults to go to work and to build the economicopportunityintheirstates’tightlabormarkets. Thisbillwillfreeworkerstoworkatyoungerages,get employment in jobs currently restricted, and help employers get the workers they need at lower costs. The bill will untie labor restrictions from public education constraints because many young workers are home-schooled or attend alternative education models that do not follow the traditional public education times and days. The bill, while prohibiting exploitation, will be encouraging to any enterprising young kid who wants to work, and does so without sacrificing basic education.
LATEST ACTION
Reported Printed; referred to Commerce & Human Resources
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2024
- Chamber
- senate
- Status date
- Feb 9, 2024