Legislature speeding its way to making it easier to exploit child labor UPDATE
The onslaught of bad bills coming out of this General Assembly is nearly impossible to comprehensively follow. One especially pernicious proposal we haven't talked about is up for a final vote in the Senate today: House Bill 1410, dubbed the "Youth Hiring Act of 2023" would dispense with the requirement that businesses who want to hired children under age 16 receive a permit from the state Department of Labor.