Sun-Journal Overview
Text of amended bill
An "Action" sponsored by the Maine Women's Lobby to ask Legislators NOT to change Maine's Child Labor Law
(Summary provided by legislative office): This bill amends the laws governing employment practices in the following ways:
1. It establishes a training wage for trainees or secondary students under 20
years of age at $5.25 per hour for their first 180 days of employment;
2. It eliminates the maximum number of hours a minor 16 years of age or older
can work during school days;
3. It allows a minor under 16 years of age to work up to 4 hours on a school day
during hours when school is not in session;
4. It allows a home-schooled student to work during regular public school hours,
but not during regularly scheduled home school hours;
5. It exempts a minor under 16 years of age who is enrolled in school from the
maximum hour requirements to work in an agricultural setting as long as the
minor has written permission from the minor's parent or guardian; and
6. It allows a parent or guardian of a minor who is home schooled to sign a work
permit instead of the superintendent of the school administrative unit where the
homeschooled minor lives.
Also, some great resources for talking with kids about child labor:
Rethinking Schools article
