David Meade voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Repeals the Limit on Minors Working No More than 6 Hours a day and 30 Hours a Week During School Weeks
Vote to pass a bill that repeals the limit on children working no more than 6 hours a day and 30 hours a week during school weeks and prohibits state labor officials from setting child labor regulations that exceed minimum federal protections in the state of Kentucky.
Prohibits a person under eighteen years of age from being employed at the following gainful occupations (Sec. 1):
Manufacturing or storing explosives;
Driving a motor vehicle;
Coal mining;
Forestry services;
Operating power-driven woodworking machinery;
Exposure to radiation;
Operating meat processing equipment;
Operating power-driven bakery machines;
Operating power-driven balers;
Manufacturing bricks;
Operating power-driven circular saws;
Wrecking or demolishing operations;
Working in connections with an establishment where alcoholic liquors are sold;
Working in a pool; or
Working in the electrical trade.
Establishes additional occupations as “gainful” occupations for persons under the age of sixteen and seventeen (Sec. 1).
Requires that persons sixteen years of age shall not be employed in gainful occupations unless it occurs (Sec. 2):
Outside of school hours;
Less than 40 hours a week;
Not more than 18 hours when school is in session;
Not more than 8 hours a day;
Not more than 3 hours in a school day; and
Between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Title: Repeals the Limit on Minors Working No More than 6 Hours a day and 30 Hours a Week During School Weeks