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Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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Yay.... more bad news from the land of the free.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Why are "children" working to begin with?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you are under 18 then you are considered a "child" in labor terms. Different states have different laws about people under 18 and work eligibility. In Illinois, I was able to get a job at 15 with a work permit that my school had to sign and very strict rules about what I can and cannot do. They were allowed to pay me less than minimum wage as long as they followed those rules. I don't think it's wrong to let teens get jobs and start learning how the working world works and also make a bit of money for whatever they might use it on. But um... Maybe they deserve a lunch break?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Lol. Hard agree.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They yern for the smoothie king

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Keep your damn smoothies! Give us back our mines!