In late March 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that the state of Florida was debating lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs formerly held by immigrants. However, while it is true ...

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state legislature have a potential solution: children. The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws ...

Now, Florida lawmakers will discuss yet another bill, which is titled Employment of Minors and aimed at rolling back child labor laws in the Sunshine State. Here is what to know about the proposed ...

In 2023, violations dropped to 209 but were still high compared to previous years. Florida’s child labor law provides additional protections beyond what the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ...

Johnson, a Republican from South Dakota who introduced the legislation, touts the bill as giving teenagers more flexibility ...

Fourteen-year-olds can legally work in Florida, with some exceptions for family businesses. Summer work hour restrictions are ...

That story should have spurred a nationwide push to strengthen child labor laws. Instead, states like Florida are going in the opposite direction, weakening such laws in part to deal with the ...

A year after loosening child labor laws and two years after penalizing businesses that hired undocumented immigrants, Florida is now looking at removing all work restrictions on 16- and 17-year ...

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been pushing for a loosening of child labor laws in the Sunshine State to replace immigrant workers. (AFP via Getty Images) Florida has been loosening child labor ...