Missouri has it figured out.....

[mar1t1me]

Just go back to making kids do the work!

http://www.senate.mo.gov/11info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?BillID=4124271&SessionType=R

SB 222 – This act modifies the child labor laws. It eliminates the prohibition on employment of children under age fourteen. Restrictions on the number of hours and restrictions on when a child may work during the day are also removed. It also repeals the requirement that a child ages fourteen or fifteen obtain a work certificate or work permit in order to be employed. Children under sixteen will also be allowed to work in any capacity in a motel, resort or hotel where sleeping accommodations are furnished. It also removes the authority of the director of the Division of Labor Standards to inspect employers who employ children and to require them to keep certain records for children they employ. It also repeals the presumption that the presence of a child in a workplace is evidence of employment.


Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "No Child Left Behind".

[tjts1]

Good. Children are just lazy human midgets.

[mar1t1me]

Can you believe that shit? The craziest line is this:

It also removes the authority of the director of the Division of Labor Standards to inspect employers who employ children and to require them to keep certain records for children they employ.

Great. So not only can children work long hours, but they'll do so with no oversight! WTF?

If you were designing a system to put children within easy reach of sexual predators, I think this would be it.

[joshh]

Sounds like a lot of missing information to me.

More specific.

http://www.senate.mo.gov/11info/pdf-bill/intro/SB222.pdf

[joshh]

I deleted my post. Repeals those provisions....
Looks like a bunch of bullshit to me so far.

[mar1t1me]

Yeah....I was just about to point that out. Devil in the details- those protections are, at this point, gone.

[joshh]

4 sections 294.022 and 294.040, to read as follows:
294.022. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Employer", any person, firm or corporation employing or seeking to
3 employ a child in the entertainment industry;
4 (2) "Entertainment industry", any person, employer, firm or corporation
5 using the services of a child as a performer, extra or in any other performing
6 capacity in motion picture productions, television or radio productions, theatrical
7 productions, modeling productions, horse shows, rodeos and musical
8 performances[;
9 (3) "Work permit", a written certification issued by the director which
10 specifies the terms and duration of the work permit for a child under sixteen
11 years of age, for the purposes of employment as a performer, extra or in any other
12 performing capacity in the entertainment industry. A work permit may be issued
13 for a period of twelve months or more and shall be eligible for renewal at the
14 child's next birthday. A work permit shall generally be issued for a twelve-month
15 period of time.
16 2. No child may be employed in the entertainment industry without an
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17 entertainment work permit issued by the director. No permit shall be issued
18 without the following:
19 (1) Proof of age by birth certificate or other documentary evidence;
20 (2) Written consent of the child's parent, legal custodian or guardian;
21 (3) Upon entering into a contractual employment agreement, a written
22 statement from the prospective employer shall be kept on file by the prospective
23 employer. The written statement shall set forth the nature of employment and
24 the projected duration of the employment or project].
25 [ 3.] 2. No child shall be permitted at the place of employment, unless the
26 parent, legal custodian, guardian or designated guardian of a child is present at
27 all times that the child is at the place of employment, and such person may
28 accompany the child to wardrobe, makeup, hairdressing and dressing room
29 facilities. The parent, legal custodian, guardian or designated guardian may
30 designate an individual to accompany the child during times the child is at the
31 place of employment, provided the designation is made in writing, signed by the
32 parent or guardian and presented to the employer prior to the child's scheduled
33 work. A copy of the written designation shall be kept on file by the employer at
34 the site of the employment or project.
35 [ 4.] 3. The employer shall designate one individual on each set, stage or
36 other place of employment to coordinate all matters relating to the welfare of
37 children and shall notify the parent, legal custodian or guardian of each child of
38 the name of such individual.
39 [ 5.] 4. All of the hours in which a child may be at the place of
40 employment are exclusive of meal periods. Meal periods shall be at least one-half
41 hour, but not more than one hour in duration. In no event may a child be at the
42 place of employment for a period longer than five and one-half hours without a
43 meal break.
44 [ 6.] 5. A child shall receive a twelve-hour rest break at the end of the
45 child's work day and prior to the commencement of the child's next day of work
46 for the same employment. A child shall also receive a fifteen minute rest period
47 after each two hours of continuous work.
48 [ 7.] 6. The employer shall provide a suitable place to rest or play for the
49 children at the site of employment.
50 [ 8.] 7. The time spent by children in rehearsals and in learning or
51 practicing any of the arts, such as singing or dancing, for, or under the direction
52 of, a motion picture studio, theater or television studio shall be counted as work
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53 time under this section of law. Periods for meal breaks shall not be included in
54 the overall work time; however, rest breaks shall be included in the overall work
55 time.
56 [ 9.] 8. No child shall be required to work in a situation which places the
57 child in a clear and present danger to life or limb. If a child believes he or she
58 is in such a dangerous situation, after discussing the matter with his or her
59 parent, legal custodian, guardian or designated person and the employer, the
60 child shall not be required to perform in such situation, regardless of the validity
61 or reasonableness of the child's belief.
62 [ 10.] 9. No child shall be required to work with an animal which a
63 reasonable person would regard as dangerous in the same circumstances, unless
64 an animal trainer or handler qualified by training and experience is present.
65 [ 11.] 10. No child shall be required to perform a stunt without prior
66 consultation with the child, the child's parent, legal custodian or guardian and
67 the employer. The prior written consent of the child's parent, legal custodian or
68 guardian shall be obtained for the performance of any unusual physical, athletic
69 or acrobatic activity, stunts, work involving special effects or other potentially
70 hazardous activity. When any unusual physical, athletic or acrobatic activity,
71 stunts, special effects or other potentially hazardous activity involving a child is
72 to be done, the employer shall have available a person qualified to administer
73 medical assistance on an emergency basis and transportation to the nearest
74 medical facility providing emergency services. First-aid kits shall always be
75 available at a child's place of employment.
76 [ 12.] 11. No child shall work in close proximity to explosives or the
77 functioning parts of unguarded and dangerous moving equipment, aircraft or
78 vessels, or of functioning blades or propellers.
79 [13. An entertainment work permit does not]
80 12. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a child
81 to be absent from school in violation of the requirements of state law or
82 regulations or policies of the state board of education, the Missouri department
83 of elementary and secondary education or the local school board.
294.040. A child under sixteen shall not be employed or permitted to work
2 by any person, firm, or corporation in connection with:
3 (1) Any power driven machinery, except lawn and garden machinery used
4 in domestic service at or around a private residence, provided that, there shall be
5 an agreement between an occupant of the private residence and the child, and by
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6 no other person, firm or corporation, other than a parent, legal custodian or
7 guardian of the child, for the performance of such work;
8 (2) The oiling, cleaning, maintenance, or washing of machinery;
9 (3) Any ladders, scaffolding, or their substitute;
10 (4) Any mine or quarry except in offices or at other nonhazardous
11 employment;
12 (5) Stone cutting or polishing except those found in jewelry type business;
13 (6) Any plant manufacturing, processing, storing, or transporting Type A
14 and B explosives, ammunition, or like materials, or in an establishment in which
15 sales of Type A and B explosive materials make up fifty percent or more of gross
16 sales;
17 (7) The operation of any motor vehicle;
18 (8) Any blast furnace, rolling mill, foundry, forging shop, or in any
19 establishment where heating of metals is carried on or where cold rolling,
20 stamping, shearing, punching, of metal stock is carried on;
21 (9) Saw mills, cooperage stock mills, or where woodworking machinery is
22 used;
23 (10) The operation of freight elevators, hoisting machines or cranes, or on
24 or about any manlifts;
25 (11) Occupations involving exposure to ionizing or nonionizing radiation
26 or any radioactive substance;
27 (12) Any occupation involving exposure to any toxic or hazardous
28 chemicals;
29 (13) [Any capacity in or about a motel, resort, hotel, where sleeping
30 accommodations are furnished except in offices or locations physically separated
31 from the sleeping accommodations;
32 (14)] Any place or establishment in which intoxicating alcoholic liquors
33 or beverages are manufactured, bottled, stored, or sold for consumption on or off
34 the premises, except in establishments where at least fifty percent of the gross
35 sales consist of goods, merchandise, or commodities other than alcoholic
36 beverages;
37 [ (15)] (14) Any other occupation or place of employment dangerous to the
38 life, limb, health, or morals of children under the age of sixteen.

[joshh]

^^^That is what will replace the other provisions.

So the Director wont have the right to inspect from what it looks like.

[mar1t1me]

Lines 9-24 of the above are out, which is the section dealing with work permits.

Some of this bill seems aimed at the entertainment industry. Which is odd, given the current law which states:

Missouri's Child Labor Law applies to youth under the age of 16. Youth under 14 years of age generally are not permitted to work at any job (other than in entertainment or casual work) at any time. Youth who are 14 or 15 generally are permitted to work, but their work (as well as the work of all children in the entertainment industry) is subject to several restrictions.

Which makes me wonder who is this new law a favor for?

[z31maniac]

Is Missouri's economy in such good shape that they need children to fill jobs because of their 0.0% unemployment? Or is this so that the kitchen staff's children can be the servers as well?

/sarcasm

[mar1t1me]

^^^^Haha....

I was thinkin', hell, if they're gonna fire those goddamn overpaid teachers and close the schools that have produced these idiots in DC, they might as well make it so the kiddies can work. Idle hands are the devils tools, after all.....

;-)