A bill to authorize a limited waiver of the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to certain agricultural hand harvest laborers.

Summary

Allows the Secretary of Labor to waive requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act in order to permit employment of individuals under 12 as hand harvest laborers for work paid on a piece rate basis. Limits such waiver to industries which would otherwise suffer severe economic disruption, to situations not deleterious to the laborer's health or well-being, and to a 13-week period.

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Timeline

1. 19 August 1974

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 August 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 August 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 August 1974

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Sponsors

• Rep. Vander Jagt, Guy [R-MI-9] · R · Sponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

Related records

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