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Children May Not
Harvest Crops
During School Hours
Virginia farmers hiring workers for the fall harvest were reminded today that the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits work by children under 16 years of age on farms during school hours.
"The Federal law provides chilli ren with a priceless commodity— tiirti^ to go to school," says .Wm. M. Laves,' Regional Director of the L. S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions, the agency which enforces the Act.
The child-labor provisions protect local youngsters and children of migratory workers alike, Mr. Eaves pointed out. There is only one exception to the rule prohibiting children under 16 from working in agriculture during school hours of the school district where the child lives while working, he added. The excepton is for the farmer’s child working on his parents’ farm.
Mr. Fares also stated that children may lawfully work on farms before and after school hours, and i/n Weekends and other days when there is no school.
"The farmer can easily make sure of the age of any young worker if he asks for an age certificate. A certificate showing the young person is old enough for the job serves as proof of age for purposes of the Act,” Eaves'said. These certificates can generally be obtained from local school officials.
'Hie child-labor provisions apply r,i farmers who engage, in interstate commerce or ship produce in interstate commerce or to dealers in the same State who ship the produce in interstate commerce.
Regional Director Eaves said persons who want more information about the application of the Act to children working on farms should get in touch with the Wage-Hour Office. Room J50, <><HI North Lombardy Street, Richmond 20, Virgnia.
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