RESPONDENTS:
Thirty-nine (39) state labor departments, (or equivalent) child labor
contacts, responded to the 2000 survey.
ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT,
DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY,
MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA,
OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, WASHINGTON, WEST
VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN AND WYOMING
NON-RESPONDENTS:
Twelve (12) state labor departments including the District of Columbia.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, IDAHO, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MICHIGAN,
MISSISSIPPI, MONTANA, OHIO, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, AND VIRGINIA
PERCENTAGE RESPONSE RATE: 78
percent
DATE OF SURVEY:
August 2000
Prepared
by the National Consumers League for the Child Labor Coalition,
1701
K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006; 202-835-3323; (fax) 202-835-0747, November
2000.
CHILD
LABOR ENFORCEMENT IN FY 1999
1.
How many
compliance officers enforce labor laws in your agency? (Count only those
actually out conducting inspections). Breaking
down the total, how many are responsible to inspect workplaces for child labor
compliance/violations exclusively; how many are responsible to inspect
workplaces for all labor compliance/violations (of which child labor is
included).
State
|
Total Compliance Officers |
Child Labor Exclusively |
All Labor Compliance |
|
AL |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
AK |
12 |
0 |
12 |
|
AZ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
AR |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
CA |
81 |
0 |
81 |
|
CO |
10 |
0 |
10 |
|
CT |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
DE |
15 |
0 |
15 |
|
FL |
21 |
7 |
14 |
|
GA |
62 |
1 |
61 |
|
HI |
13 |
3 |
10 |
|
IL |
13 |
0 |
13 |
|
IA |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
IN* |
12 |
5 |
7 |
|
KS |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
KY |
25 |
0 |
25 |
|
MA |
12 |
0 |
12 |
|
ME* |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
MN |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
MO |
18 |
4 |
14 |
|
NE |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
NV |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
NH |
10 |
0 |
10 |
|
NJ |
40 |
5 |
35 |
|
NM |
8 |
1 |
7 |
|
NY |
100 |
0 |
100 |
|
NC |
14 |
0 |
14 |
|
ND |
8 |
3 |
5 |
|
OK |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
OR |
16 |
0 |
16 |
|
PA |
30 |
0 |
30 |
|
SC |
11 |
0 |
11 |
|
TN |
10 |
0 |
10 |
|
TX |
7 |
7 |
0 |
|
UT |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
WA |
20 |
0 |
20 |
|
WV |
23 |
0 |
23 |
|
WI |
13 |
0 |
13 |
|
WY |
7 |
0 |
7 |
NOTES:
IN:
Indiana also has 60 OSHA inspectors.
ME: FY runs 7-1-99 to 6-30-0
2.
How many inspections were conducted by your agency in FY 1999 for labor
law compliance (in which child labor law compliance would have been included)?
Considering the above figure, how many resulted in your state's agency
finding child labor violations?
|
State |
Total Inspections |
Inspections showing Violations |
Total Illegally Employed Minors Found |
|
AL |
312 |
153 |
** |
|
AK* |
762 |
37 |
37 |
|
AZ |
428 |
10 |
10 |
|
AR |
3,197 |
110 |
51 |
|
CA |
5,299 |
299 |
299 |
|
CO* |
** |
** |
** |
|
CT |
** |
259 |
150 |
|
DE |
295 |
133 |
366 |
|
FL |
851 |
503 |
** |
|
GA |
1,005 |
** |
257 |
|
HI |
21 |
14 |
** |
|
IL |
1,428 |
61 |
448 |
|
IN |
4,289 |
** |
** |
|
IA* |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
KS |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
KY* |
3,130 |
252 |
525 |
|
MA |
132 |
295 |
128 |
|
ME* |
3,902 |
** |
** |
|
MN |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
MO |
6,581 |