GOP lawmaker who employs hundreds of minors looks to abolish all state child labor laws
Source: raw story
28 Jan 2019 at 08:09 ET
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The Indy Star reports that Indiana state Sen. Chip Perfect has filed a bill that would get rid of work permit requirements for underage employees, while also removing restrictions on the hours underage teenagers can work.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
.............The Indy Star writes that, to drum up support for his bill, Perfect had his human resources director testify in favor of the bill during a committee hearing last week, raising questions about whether his involvement in the legislation is a conflict of interest.
However, Perfect is insisting that he is not conflicted in proposing the law, even though it would allow him to hire more minors and give them longer hours.
It wouldnt affect me directly, because as I testified today, we have invested an incredible amount of money and we are currently adhering to the laws, Perfect said. This is really more about small businesses who cannot afford the resources to adhere to these antiquated laws.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/gop-lawmaker-employs-hundreds-minors-looks-abolish-state-child-labor-laws/
He is a stinking slimeball, just like Trump
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)decades ago with assholes similar to him. Incredible, this is the 21'st century and fuck-sticks like him are proposing this sadistic sociopathic crap.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)21st century and moving forward rapidly probably making the US look like a totally backward nation in a couple of decades or sooner if fools like this continue on. China, will be leaving the US in the dust.
sdfernando
(4,937 posts)and allow them to be locked during business hours....what could possibly go wrong??
IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)Progressive laws. Progress. Civilized society.
onethatcares
(16,178 posts)all I could think is "What an asshole". I bet his kids don't work anywhere near actual "labor".
fuck him.
apnu
(8,758 posts)... they think labor laws like this are "antiquated" and should be removed because, they say, "nobody would let their kids work like that these days"
Their evil and naive positions like this scares me.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)I'm pretty sure a great number of them know darn well that single-parent families would certainly let their kids work. It would take care of two of their most pressing issues. Income and childcare. If the kids are busy slaving away at some job then the parents don't have to have after-school care (if they even go to school instead of work) and the family income is raised
Hundreds of thousands of kids would be taken out of school and put to work instead if this sort of thing becomes legal across the nation. This is just the camel's nose in the tent.
William Seger
(10,779 posts)If he's that shameless, I'm surprised he didn't throw in repealing minimum wage laws.
Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)Only a few greedy ruthless Republicans have been self-assured enough to publicly admit they would use human beings this brazenly.
The lummox and his Perfect family. #### him.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,362 posts)to sell cookies.
What's worse: I will buy some.
onethatcares
(16,178 posts)then those children will be locked into selling cookies the rest of their lives with no way to escape.
cp
(6,652 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Kablooie
(18,638 posts)Think of the profits! Just wonderful!
47of74
(18,470 posts)There. I fucking said it. It was either that or have a goddamn aneurysm trying to keep it all bottled up.
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)There's a reason why minors work hours are limited - kids are supposed to be in school.
My thoughts: I would limit the hours a minor can work to 2 hours max on any given weekday, 8 hours max on a weekend, maximum 12 hours per week. Maybe a little longer for a business which the parents own... e.g. a family farm. I wouldn't link any work permit to academic performance at school because there are some kids who will not be going to college. However schools need to know if the kids are working, so to have the schools administer a work permit program would be best. Ultimately it is the parent who would give permission for the child to work.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Yavin4
(35,445 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)to find out what he's really doing with all his child laborers.