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Child Labor Amendments of 1991. Joint Hearing on S.600 To Amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 To Improve Enforcement of the Child Labor Provisions of Such Act, and for Other Purposes, before the Subcommittee on Labor and Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
A joint hearing was held to consider S. 600, a U.S. Senate bill designed to help educate the public about federal child labor laws and strengthen enforcement of child labor laws through an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum presided. The hearings were called because of sporadic enforcement of inadequate…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Children
Considering Child Labour: Changing Terms, Issues and Actors at the International Level.
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Myers, William E. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1999
Draws on increased international debate and concern about child labor to provide an overview of important apparent trends. Issues addressed include diversity of thinking, variety of work situations, effects on children involved, and traditional modes of action against child labor. Notes that traditional actions are ineffective and that ending the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare
Child Labor: Labor Can Strengthen Its Efforts To Protect Children Who Work. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
Occupational safety and health data and labor statistics were evaluated in order to update a 1991 report on child labor. Data were from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); the Department of Labor's (DOL's) investigations database and individual…
Descriptors: Accountability, At Risk Persons, Child Labor, Child Safety
Report on the Youth Labor Force. Revised.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC. – 2000
This report explains the current U.S. regulations governing child labor; provides a detailed look at youth labor in this country, including how it differs among major demographic groups and economic sectors, and over time; and describes the outcomes of young people's work activities, including occupational injuries and fatalities and other…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Personnel