Business leaders: We can't find enough workers!
Workers: You could pay more.
Business: Nope.
Workers: Better benefits?
Business: No.
Workers: More flexible hours?
Business: No way.
Workers: Treat your current employees better to build your employer brand?
Business: Never.
Workers: Well, what's left?!
Business: Child labor!
https://apnews.com/article/iowa-governor-child-labor-laws-e8cb29e2a45b956489c4a192b7ddeba5
@augieray I agree with your sentiment. However, I personally don't have a problem with most of those changes. My son started working at 14 to help pay for his pilot's license (not something I was willing to pay fully nor could afford fully without him contributing). Personally, as a parent, I think you still have to emphasize school is more important than work at that age.
@bryanruby Yeah, there's been a lot of hubbub about "child labor" recently, but I'm not sure I disagree with most of these new rules.
In some states it is really hard for a 15-year-old to get a summer job or whatever: some employers just won't even bother jumping through the hoops. This is not good. Fixing that is a good thing. Nobody wants 10 year olds to drop out of school to work in the coal mines, but this doesn't mean small adjustments like this are necessarily a bad thing.
It looks like now in Iowa 17yos can get a job operating a power saw. I am ok with this; 17yos are capable of learning to safely operate power saws.
