Iowa’s recently loosened child labor law conflicts with federal standards by letting teenage apprentices work in prohibited hazardous jobs, the US Labor Department wrote to state lawmakers who requested an analysis.
The changes to Iowa law enacted this year (SF 542) relaxed several of the state’s child labor restrictions, including letting 16- and 17-year-olds work in certain types of manufacturing, warehousing, construction, and demolition jobs if they’re part of a state-approved apprenticeship program.
Parts of the Iowa measure contradict the safety precautions for underage workers required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda and Wage ...
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