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Agnosticsherbet

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10. If you have nothing to say, change the subject to something stupid and unrelated.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 03:05 PM

Feb 2014

From the United States department of Labor website.

Employment by Parents
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The Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) minimum age requirements do not apply to minors employed by their parents, or by a person acting as their guardian. An exception to this occurs in mining, manufacturing and occupations where the minimum age requirement of 18 years old applies.

State laws often follow the same pattern as the Fair Labor Standards Act with regard to minors working for their parents. Consult your state department of labor for specific guidance.

Minimum wage is not about children working for their parents. This isn't about small family businesses.

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Fox’s John Stossel: Shouldn’t Parents Be Free to Let Children Work ‘If the Kids Are Not Slaves?’ [View all] alp227 Feb 2014 OP

no leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #1

Yes, really atreides1 Feb 2014 #2

Obligatory youtube clip of Stossel Slap. Rex Feb 2014 #3

Amen. Couldn't have happened to a better person. kysrsoze Feb 2014 #6

Some people say it was staged, I say not a chance. Rex Feb 2014 #8

Bravo! Stossel is so deserving. kwassa Feb 2014 #21

Can we charge the whole right wing with human rights violations? upaloopa Feb 2014 #4

I'd like to see another pro wrestler slap the fuck out if him kysrsoze Feb 2014 #5

Ha, this was me right here. MY LIFE exactly. Bennyboy Feb 2014 #7

These guys want to bring back feudalism. Octafish Feb 2014 #9

If you have nothing to say, change the subject to something stupid and unrelated. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2014 #10

Is it just me that thinks Stoessel's mustache makes him look like Hitler? yellowcanine Feb 2014 #11

Stossel's entire face makes me want to jam skewers in my eyes. n/t Avalux Feb 2014 #12

DU's Skittles: shouldn't Fox's John Stossel f*** himself? Skittles Feb 2014 #13

When we finally put the 1% in camps, TheMathieu Feb 2014 #14

Why not? Phil Robertson says men should marry 15 yr. old girls if "Mom and Dad say ok." yellowcanine Feb 2014 #15

"Hyper-Dickensian", a word I find myself using to describe these people more and more. ck4829 Feb 2014 #16

What a truly rotten, vile scumbag! Initech Feb 2014 #17

I started searching out farm work Go Vols Feb 2014 #18

Tell both of them to mstinamotorcity2 Feb 2014 #19

i got my first job at 12. That should be about right. AngryAmish Feb 2014 #20

Fox is always on the side of driving wages downward. Orsino Feb 2014 #22