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Download full textPerry, Dustin K.; Smalley, Scott W.; Pate, Michael L. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of utilizing an evidence based, "Train the Trainer" approach to increase the safety knowledge and awareness of secondary students. Participating teachers attended a 10-hour, inquiry-based summer training workshop utilizing National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operations Program…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Safety Education, Knowledge Level, Instructional Effectiveness
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Wage and Hour Div. – 1977
This booklet is a guide to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (also known as the Wage-Hour Law) which apply to minors employed in agriculture. The content is as follows: coverage of the child labor provisions regarding agricultural employment, minimum age standards for employment in agriculture, school hours and employment in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Child Labor
Davis, Shelley; Leonard, James B. – 2000
Contrary to popular perception, the agricultural workplace presents many hazards. Yet children are allowed to work on farms at an age when they are likely to lack the training, skill, or maturity to handle these functions safely. This study of child labor in agriculture is divided into seven parts. Following an introductory section, part 2…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Farm Labor, Federal Legislation, Injuries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
A provision of the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibited children under the age of 12 from working in agriculture, except on their parents' farms. Purpose of this provision was to codify as a matter of national social policy that children under 12 should not work for hire in agriculture or any other industry, where they…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Child Labor, Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
In its report accompanying the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Senate Labor Committee concluded that in general child labor in agriculture was physically and mentally detrimental to the health and well-being of participating children, acting as a social depressant, stunting their intellectual growth and capacity, and…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Economic Factors
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
Occupational safety and health data and labor statistics were evaluated in order to update a 1991 report on child labor. Data were from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); the Department of Labor's (DOL's) investigations database and individual…
Descriptors: Accountability, At Risk Persons, Child Labor, Child Safety
Tucker, Lee – 2000
Agricultural work is the most hazardous and grueling area of employment open to U.S. children and is also the least protected. Adolescent farmworkers labor under more dangerous conditions than their peers working in nonagricultural settings and also face persistent wage exploitation and fraud. These adolescent workers are protected less under U.S.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Child Health
