One of the things I love to do is play golf. It’s mentally challenging, (somewhat) physically demanding, and you always strive for perfection.
That said, one of the things that I’m not very good at is golf itself. Sure, I’m better than some but as someone once joked to me: You can be good golfer
If you ever read the state labor laws (wait, you haven’t?), you sometimes come across provisions that seem like they were written for another generation.
And indeed, they were.
Take, for example, Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-23. It prohibits children under the age of 16 from working in the “manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile or theatrical industry”.
As I’ve highlighted before, I’m fortunate to serve as a delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates, which meets twice a year.
I was less fortunate that the Midyear Meeting this year was in Chicago, which was even colder and snowier than Connecticut.
At Monday’s House meeting, there were several resolutions
For many kids (including my own), today marks the first day back to school. While that may seem like “child labor” to them, that term obviously means something different.
What some employers fail to realize is that the start of school also means the start of limits to on what high school students can do
The Connecticut General Assembly is in full swing which means the Labor & Public Employee committee is in hearing mode. Several bills have already gotten a hearing, and several more are scheduled for a hearing on February 24th. No bills have yet been voted out of the committee.
And so, the Case of the Little Pepperonis ends with a whimper.
After settlement discussions over the late summer, the pizzaria owners who had sued to state regarding enforcement of child labor laws quietly withdrew the case in late August 2010. No word on whether the children will be allowed to assist their parents
Remember the federal case of the pizza restaurant owners suing the state to allow their children to be able to learn the pizza business through observation and participation? Part of their case involved a challenge to the constitutionality of the state’s child labor laws.
It has been over two months since we’ve heard much about
Are the owners of a pizza of the pizza restaurant who filed suit challenging the state’s child labor laws making a mountain out of a molehill?
A new report by the Advocate newspapers this week suggests that is the case. It’s worth the read. It’s something I’ve been wondering about as well because
This morning, I served as a guest on the terrific "Where We Live" program that airs daily on WNPR. You can listen to the broadcast here. It’s difficult to recap a one-hour br
oadcast in a short blog post so here are a few of my random observations and thoughts after today’s session.
Want to know more about the state’s child labor laws? I’ll be live in studio on Wednesday, June 23rd for the WNPR broadcast of Where We Live and we’ll be talking about the laws in the area and what’s being done to see that those laws are enforced.
It’ll air at 9 a.m. EDT with a