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Show Child Labor Regulations Explained (Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of three articles on Child Labor that will appear ap-pear in the Cache Valley Clarion Clar-ion this week and the next two succeeding weeks). The National Emergency and the general effort to speed up war production has brought the question ques-tion of child labor to the attention of the public. Many industries will need to employ minors who are above the oppressive child labor age to fill the. vacancies made by the movement of young men into the war industries and military service. An employer in such an industry should be familiar with the Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Coverage The child-labor! provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 apply to producers, manufacturers, or dealers who ship or deliver goods for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce. Minimum Age The act sets a 16-year minimum age for general employment. An 18-year minimum age is established es-tablished for occupations which, by prder of the Federal Children's Bureau, have been declared hazardous. haz-ardous. Hazardous occupations orders or-ders issued to date cover ti) all types of employment in plants manufacturing man-ufacturing explosives, (2) employment employ-ment as drivers or as helpers on motor-vehicles, (3) all occupations with specified exceptions in coal mining, (4) all occupations in logging log-ging and the operation of sawmillB, with certain exceptions, and (5) work involving the operation of certain woodworking machines. : A 14-year minimum age is established estab-lished for certain non-manufacturing and non-mining occupations but only if minors perform no duties In workrooms or work places where goods are manufactured or otherwise other-wise processed and If the periods and conditions of employment conform con-form to the hours specified in Child Labor Regulation No. 3. Under Un-der this provision 14 and 16-year-old minors may ; be employed under un-der specified conditions of work In occupations other than: (1) manu-i facturing, mining, and processing1 pecupations, (2) operation or tend-: ing of power-driven machinery, (3) public-messinger service, and (4) the occupations declared hazardous haz-ardous for 16 and'1 17-year-old minors. min-ors. NEXT WEEK: Exemptions, Protection, and How To Obtain Ob-tain A Federal Age Certificate. |