HB 2016-1060 - Employees Rights Act (BACK 2 SENATE!)

[Anna Komnene]

I'm a little concerned about section 1-1b

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So including education would mean adding up the hours they spend in school?  I think most high schools are about 6-7 hours a day for 5 days a week.  That would leave about 5-10 hours per week to work.  A lot of students need to work to help support their family or just to get experience.  They need to be able to work more hours than that.

[Anna Komnene]

I think the best thing to do would be to strike the "including education" part and then lower the hours a bit to keep the spirit of the clause.  30 hours?  more/less?

In NY they divide it into categories for 14/15 year olds and 16/17 year olds and theres different hours that students can work on school days, on non-school days, and when school isn't in session like during the summer break.  They have it at 28 hours for 16/17 year olds and 18 hours for 14/15 year olds.  Not saying that's the best way, but it's an example.  I think we should consider lowering the minimum age to 15 or maybe 14 too.

Here's the website where I got the info for NY.  It has a handy chart at the bottom.  https://labor.ny.gov/youth/14-to-17.shtm

[Anna Komnene]

So this gets rid of the time and a half for overtime pay?

Yeah I think so... I'll include that in my amendment.

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[Anna Komnene]

Aye

[Anna Komnene]

Aye