A Republican state congresswoman wants to eliminate the curfew for working 16 and 17-year-olds.
A file photo of a teenager working in a shop. A Florida House Republican filed a bill on Monday that would lift the existing restrictions on working hours for 16 and 17-year-olds in the state.Over the past year, there's been a major national debate about weakening child labor laws as the country faces an ongoing shortage of workers. The U.S. lost million of staff since the pandemic, and some sectors are still affected by a lack of workers.
Florida is one of the few states that has a bigger percentage of its labor force working now than before the pandemic,According to the Chamber, Florida has 57 available workers for every 100 open jobs. Under current Florida law, people aged 16 and 17 years old"shall not be employed, permitted, or suffered to work before 6:30 a.m. or after 11:00 p.m. or for more than 8 hours on any one day when school is scheduled the following day." Children aged 14 cannot be employed, with some limited exceptions.
Chaney suggests in her bill that this measure is completely wiped out of Florida law, while existing age restrictions for 16 and 17-year-olds should be lowered to those aged 15. While the current law says that children aged 15"shall not" be employed before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when they have school the following day, for example, Chaney asks to change this absolute prohibition with a"may not." Shall indicates an obligation, while may implies a duty that can be exercised with discretion.
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