TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Lawmakers in Tallahassee are working to roll back major aspects of Florida’s child labor laws.
The Republican-led Legislature wants teenagers as young as 14 to be able to work overnight shifts.
According to Gov. Ron DeSantis, a younger workforce could be a solution to replacing “dirt cheap labor from migrants in the country illegally.”
Currently in Florida, teens ages 16 to 17 cannot work before 6:30 a.m. or after 11 p.m. on a school day. They also can’t work during school hours unless they are in a career education program.
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Dr. Alexis Tsoukalas, a senior policy analyst with the Florida Policy Institute, joined us on The Morning Show to express her concerns.
She worries that if the state’s child labor laws are changed, young workers, mainly those in low-income situations, will have fewer protections.
