Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants

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Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants

The state’s legislature on Tuesday is set to debate a bill that would loosen child labor laws

Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs.

Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state legislature have a potential solution: children.

The state's legislature on Tuesday is set to debate a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law.

DeSantis is supportive of the law and has been vocal of cracking down on immigration, echoing President Donald Trump's rhetoric. However, economists have warned that it could backfire, sparking further inflation and labor shortages.

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-debates-lifting-some-child-labor-laws-to-fill-jobs-vacated-by-undocumented-immigrants

[Ocelot II]

1. Great idea! More of this!

[SheltieLover]

5. Exactly!

[spanone]

10. What have they become?

Are they human?

I wonder.

"allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts"

[stillcool]

2. ah...the good old days

when do they start burning witches again?

[SheltieLover]

6. Likely as soon as they deem birth control & women voting illegal.

The American Taliban.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. That got underway in earnest in 2022. nt

[sakabatou]

3. Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" should be required reading

[bdamomma]

4. Gutting the Department

of Education, the method to their madness. We are NOT GOING BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[malaise]

7. These fuckers would resume slavery without blinking

That is all

[Xavier Breath]

8. C'mon, you lazy brats, that roof won't shingle itself.

Ohio is changing its work laws so that 13 and 14-year-olds can work two hours later each evening. Who else is tired of all the winning?

[kerouac2]

9. And so it begins

Deplorable isn't even insulting enough for these cretans.