Paul LePage Voices Support For Loosening Maine's Child Labor Laws
Amanda Terkel
HuffPost
First Posted: 04/25/11
WASHINGTON -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is backing changes to the state's child labor laws, arguing that starting work young paid off for him.
"I went to work at 11 years old," he said at a town hall meeting on Friday in Topsham, Maine. "I became governor. It's not a big deal. Work doesn't hurt anybody."
The minimum wage in Maine is $7.50 an hour, and there is no training or subminimum wage for students. But under new legislation, it would be legal under state law for employers to pay anyone under the age of 20 as little as $5.25 an hour for their first 180 days on the job.
The bill, LD 1346, also eliminates the maximum number of hours a minor 16 years of age or older can work on a school day and allows a minor under the age of 16 to work up to four hours on a school day during hours when school is not in session.
(More here.)
HuffPost
First Posted: 04/25/11
WASHINGTON -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is backing changes to the state's child labor laws, arguing that starting work young paid off for him.
"I went to work at 11 years old," he said at a town hall meeting on Friday in Topsham, Maine. "I became governor. It's not a big deal. Work doesn't hurt anybody."
The minimum wage in Maine is $7.50 an hour, and there is no training or subminimum wage for students. But under new legislation, it would be legal under state law for employers to pay anyone under the age of 20 as little as $5.25 an hour for their first 180 days on the job.
The bill, LD 1346, also eliminates the maximum number of hours a minor 16 years of age or older can work on a school day and allows a minor under the age of 16 to work up to four hours on a school day during hours when school is not in session.
(More here.)
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