DeSantis Signs Bill Rolling Back Child Labor Laws

March 22, 2024 Politics, Republicans

The Florida Phoenix reports:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday authorizing 16- and 17-year-olds to work more than 30 hours per week with their parent’s approval.

The governor’s signing of HB 49, which had garnered criticism from workers’ advocacy groups early in the session, came without fanfare. In fact, his office announced the approval in a press release along with 24 other bills the governor signed Friday afternoon.

Under the law going into effect in a few months, employers could schedule 16- and 17-year-olds to work for more than six days at a time. Homeschooled 16- and 17-year-olds and those who attend virtual schools can work without any of the limitations the state places on minors.

Read the full article. The bill, which was backed by DeSantis megadonor Dick Uihlein of the shipping and packaging giant Uline, also allows teens to work in previously forbidden construction jobs.

Another bill signed today “makes it easier for developers to raze coastal and sometimes historic buildings and replace them with structures as large as local zoning allows.”



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