The proposed Dept. of Labor rules on youth working on farms has heard from Farm Bureau. Your advocacy on this issue certainly was a factor in DOL’s decision this week to re-propose the “parental exemption” in the child labor rule. While this is good news, much more work is needed. Even with the changes, the proposed rule would infringe on the traditional rights of family farms and unnecessarily restrict the ability of young people to work in agriculture.
Farm work has always played a significant role in the lives of youth across Indiana, whether they are milking cows on their grandparents’ farm, detasseling corn as a summer job or picking apples in the fall. DOL’s rule would have a detrimental effect on family farms and would create an even tighter supply of already-tight farm labor.
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