Today new child labor law takes effect, children under age 16 can work later in the day

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_06_01_2009

June 1 marks the day, under U.S. labor law, that children under age 16 can work later in the day. From June 1 through Labor Day, young people between the ages of 14 and 16 may work up to 8 hours a day between the hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

For more on child labor regulations, visit the University of Iowa's Child Labor Public Education Project, http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/