'Farmers would feel impact of proposed child labor law changes'
(Kansas City Star) -- KansasCity.com reports that child labor proposals from the U.S. Department of Labor "have stirred alarm and confusion among family farms, where children have been pitching in since mankind's earliest harvests." According to the story, under the DOL rules, "parents could still employ their sons and daughters under age 16 if the work is done outside school hours," but "paid workers age 15 and younger would be barred from operating tractors, combines, ATVs and almost all power-driven equipment, unless they obtain special certification." And "youths under the age of 18 would not be allowed to work at grain elevators, silos, feed lots, livestock auctions or in the transporting of raw farm materials."
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