Child
Labor Coalition
Phone 202.835.3323 Fax 202.835.0747
email childlabor@stopchildlabor.org www.stopchildlabor.org
2004 Child Labor
State
Respondents: 32
state labor departments, (or equivalent) child labor contacts
Alabama,
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
and Wyoming
Non-Respondents: 19 state
labor departments including the
California,
Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington
Response Rate: 63
percent
Date Of Survey: July
2005
Prepared
by the National Consumers League for the Child Labor Coalition,
December
2005
2004 Child
Labor State
State Child Labor Enforcement Personnel in 2004
·
360 compliance officers are responsible for enforcing all state labor
laws (including child labor) in 32 states.
19 of the total of 360 are responsible for investigating child labor
compliance/violations exclusively.
- 21
states (66 percent of survey respondents) have ten or fewer compliance
officers who are responsible for enforcing labor laws in the state,
including child labor. Only two
states have a total number of 25 or more compliance officers. Four states have no compliance
officers. Top state with
enforcement personnel is
- Average
compliance officer presence in reporting states:
- 11.3
compliance officers (counting
- 8.5
compliance officers (not counting
Child Labor Inspections in 2004
- Total
inspections for labor law compliance (including child labor) and
inspections finding child labor violations:
- Total
Inspections: 32 states report
44,931 (In 2003, 38 states conducting 62,621)
- Total
Inspections Finding Child Labor Violations: 32 states report 4,059 (In
2003 -- 36 states reporting 14,469
- Total
illegally employed minors found in 32 reporting states: 3,243 (In 2003 30 states reporting
4,755 minors)
- Only
five states reported conducting inspections targeting child labor
compliance in agriculture with three states reporting finding child labor
violations. A total of 9 minors
were illegally found employed in two states; one state could not provide
figures.
- In
total, 32 reporting states collected a total of $1,149,093 for child labor
violations (2003 39 states reported collecting $1,865,249). Nine states reported either the state
does not exercise authority to assess/collect civil money penalties or the
state does not have the authority to do so.
- The
top five child labor violations related to minors engaged in prohibited
hazardous work involved: retail and
restaurants (some specified -- working alone in cash-based business;
working without adult supervision; cooking; baking; serving alcohol);
construction; power-driven machinery; driving on public roads or operating
forklifts; and roofing.
Other Data
- Five
states reported occupational deaths among minors under age 18 with a total
of 7 deaths (1 delivery driving; 4 agriculture; and 2
construction).
- The
reporting states two top enforcement strategies for child labor are
employer education off site and employer education at business site,
respectively. Unannounced
inspections ran a distant third and announced inspections appear to be
rarely used.
- Five
states reported changes in their child labor laws/regulations.
2004
Legislation & Regulation
1. Were
changes made to your child labor laws/regulations in FY 2004?
|
State |
Legislation |
Regulation |
|
|
No |
No |
|
AK |
No |
No |
|
AZ |
No |
No |
|
AR |
No |
No |
|
CT |
No |
No |
|
FL |
No |
No |
|
GA |
Yes |
** |
|
HI |
No |
No |
|
ID |
No |
No |
|
IN |
No |
No |
|
IA |
No |
No |
|
LA |
Yes |
Yes |
|
ME |
No |
Yes |
|
MN |
No |
No |
|
MO |
No |
No |
|
MT |
No |
No |
|
NE |
No |
No |
|
NH |
No |
No |
|
NJ |
No |
No |
|
NM |
No |
No |
|
NY |
No |
No |
|
ND |
No |
No |
|
OH |
No |
No |
|
OK |
No |
No |
|
OR |
No |
Yes |
|
SC |
No |
No |
|
SD |
No |
No |
|
TX |
No |
No |
|
UT |
No |
No |
|
WV |
No |
No |
|
WI |
No |
Yes |
|
WY |
No |
No |
Notes: **No answer given.
NE: Passed legislation in
2005 to ban door-to-door sales for minors under 16.
2. Were any changes made in hours regulations in your state during FY 2004? If yes, were they relaxed or made more stringent?
|
State |
Hours Regulation Changes? |
Relaxed |
More Stringent |
|
|
No |
|
|
|
AK |
No |
|
|
|
AZ |
No |
|
|
|
AR |
No |
|
|
|
CT |
No |
|
|
|
FL |
No |
|
|
|
GA |
No |
|
|
|
HI |
No |
|
|
|
ID |
No |
|
|
|
IN |
No |
|
|
|
IA |
No |
|
|
|
LA |
Yes |
X |
|
|
ME |
No |
|
|
|
MN |
No |
|
|
|
MO |
No |
|
|
|
MT |