((The hill) -The legislators in Florida consider significant changes to government work child laws that loosen the restrictions when and how long teenagers can work, since the states are a lack of migrant workers in the context of GOP-led immigration disorders.
A state Senate body closely advanced a suggestion Tuesday to eliminate regulations, work out the 16- and 17-year-olds from working jobs before 6:30 a.m. or after 11 p.m. on school days, work for more than eight hours on school days and work for more than 30 hours a week during school. The proposal would also end the requirement that adolescent people receive at least 30 minutes of meal breaks if they work eight -hour layers.
In addition, it would eliminate some restrictions on the employment of 14- and 15-year-olds who are taught at home in virtual schools or are enrolled in virtual schools.
A separate Measure ahead In the State House, teenagers who are employed as interns or trainees would be under the minimum wage of the state with $ 13 per hour, which is to be increased to $ 15 an hour next year.
The Tallahassee Democrat reported The supporters of the changes say that the measures offer teenagers experience and skills that will support them later in life.
Opponents argue that the invoices could promote children’s exploitation and influence their schooling.
Florida has suspended a steep lack of workers. After numbers There are around 53 employees from the US Chamber of Commerce for 100 open jobs in the state.
GOV. Ron Desantis Florida, who unsuccessfully sought the nomination of the President of GOP 2024. signed a law In 2023, the immigration in the state, by punishing employers to hire the undocumented workers, aimed to reduce immigration. Florida also prevents local administrations from delivering the driver licenses for undocumented people.
The opponents of the legislation expressed concerns about the effects on the most significant industries of the state – including tourism, agriculture and construction – workers.
During a recent one Immigration discussion With the border of President Donald Trump, Tom Homan at the novel College of Florida in Sarasota, Desantis offered the idea that teenagers filled the gaps that were left by workers without papers.
“They said:” Oh, you know, you will not be able to hire people “or whatever,” said Desantis. “What is wrong to expect that our young people work part -time now? I mean, so it was before when I grew up.”
He expressly pointed to the extensive resorts that the coasts in Florida represented as a money earning option for teenagers.
“Why do we say we have to import foreigners … if you know that teenagers have worked in these resorts?” he said. “College students should be. It is as if they are debt of $ 30,000, they only take out loans, they are not expected at all. I think the priorities were confused and I think there are absolutely people who are able to do this.”
Several states, including Arkansas and Iowa, I was looking for In recent years, repay the youth work laws, citing a shortage of workers.
