Children as young as 14 would be allowed to work overnight shifts under new laws being passed in the US state of Florida.
The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill – Senate Bill 918 – that will loosen child labour laws, allowing teenagers to work overnight jobs on school days. State law currently prevents them from working earlier than 6.30am or later than 11:00pm.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis supports the law change, and linked it to the loss of migrant workers in the wake of nationwide crackdowns on undocumented labour.
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In a panel discussion with US border “czar” Tom Homan, a senior official performing the duties of the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), DeSantis said: “Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now?”
He added: “Why do we say we need to import foreigners, even import them illegally, when you know, teenagers used to work at these resorts? College students should be able to do this stuff.”
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