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EmmaLee E

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9. but the minimum wage for child workers

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 9, 2023, 04:17 PM

Mar 2023

is much less than it is for adults.

from the article -
"but for the first 90 days of employment, any minor working anywhere in the United States for the first 90 days can be paid as little as $4 and 25 cents an hour. That's federal law."

Child employment and degraded public education =
a cheap labor force that will never get ahead in this life.

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