Only a year after Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature loosened Florida’s child labor restrictions amid a tight job market, lawmakers now are advancing a measure that would remove all work limits on 16- and 17-year-olds.
While these kids could work unlimited hours and days without breaks during the school year, the legislation (SB 918) would even allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work without restrictions if they either graduated high school or are home- or virtual-school students.
It also removes prohibitions on kids working on school days earlier than 6:30 a.m. or later than 11 p.m. “This is a parental rights issue,” Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, told the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee on Tuesday.
Collins dismissed critics who likened his bill as a return to an earlier epoch of child labor exploitation: “Frankly, we’re not talking “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. We’re talking about them working at Publix and Piggly...
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