A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to encourage the employment of youth by authorizing a special minimum wage for the limited employment of individuals under the age of nineteen.

Summary

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit the employment of youths under nineteen years of age at $2.85 per hour or 85 percent of the minimum wage. States that such youths may be employed: (1) in the absence of prior or special certification by the Secretary of Labor; (2) a maximum period of one hundred and eighty days; and (3) only in compliance with applicable child labor laws. Specifies conditions under which such youths may not be employed. States that the employment of full-time students must be on a part-time basis for a maximum of twenty hours per work week. Specifies exceptions. Specifies violations which will incur employer liability for unpaid wages and overtime compensation to such employed youths.

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Timeline

1. 27 July 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 July 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 July 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 August 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 July 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13] · R · Sponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

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