February 19, 2011 7:35 pm
Missouri State Senator Jane Cunningham wants children as young as 12 to be able to go to work. The Missouri Senate is considering a bill sponsored by Cunningham that would rescind “the prohibition on employment of children under age fourteen,” thus making it legal for a child of any age to get a job.
Cunningham says she’s just trying to modernize anachronistic laws, but critics say current child labor laws are needed to prevent children from being exploited by unscrupulous employers and parents.
Some Republicans are suggesting that only the states have the right to regulate child labor and that Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) from 1938 is null and void. Massachusetts passed the first child labor law in 1836.
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