PROTECT YOUTH/FARM FAMILY EMPLOYMENT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
House Bill 838 (Public) Filed Wednesday, April 6, 2011
TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM INJURY AND DEATH AT AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND TO PRESERVE THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF EMPLOYMENT ON THE FAMILY FARM.
Intro. by Jordan, Parfitt.

Status: Ref To Com On Agriculture (House Action) (Apr 7 2011)

Bill History:

H 838

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 8 2011 - View Summary

    Under current law, GS 95-25.14(a) includes an exemption to the state laws governing minimum wage, overtime, youth employment, and recordkeeping for a person employed in agriculture (as defined by federal law). Act amends the agricultural exemption to limit it to circumstances where the person is employed on a farm owned or operated by the person’s family or legal guardian or a person standing in loco parentis to the person. Also amends GS 95-25.5(c), which provides restrictions and conditions for employment of youth, to allow youth who are 14 or 15 years old to be employed in agriculture if certain conditions related to the youth’s working hours are satisfied. Applies to youths employed on or after the date when the Act becomes law.