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Wilson, Mildred G. – Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Labor Market, Minimum Wage Legislation, Tables (Data)
Download full textEmployment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Wage and Hour Div. – 1977
This booklet is a guide to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (also known as the Wage-Hour Law) which apply to minors employed in agriculture. The content is as follows: coverage of the child labor provisions regarding agricultural employment, minimum age standards for employment in agriculture, school hours and employment in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Child Labor
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
In its report accompanying the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Senate Labor Committee concluded that in general child labor in agriculture was physically and mentally detrimental to the health and well-being of participating children, acting as a social depressant, stunting their intellectual growth and capacity, and…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Economic Factors
Tucker, Lee – 2000
Agricultural work is the most hazardous and grueling area of employment open to U.S. children and is also the least protected. Adolescent farmworkers labor under more dangerous conditions than their peers working in nonagricultural settings and also face persistent wage exploitation and fraud. These adolescent workers are protected less under U.S.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Child Health
