SOOOO. The liability claim stuck out as making little sense to me. I thought - why would they carve out an exception to limit liability to put children at risk here. This seemed over the top even for the GOP. I thought maybe this was just Iowa law for everyone. So I went and read some of the proposed legislation. And I've concluded this summary is at least on that section not accurate. I won't argue the changes are at all great but distorting the facts does no one a service. The liability carve out seem to be about limiting liability due to negligence on the part of the child or on the drive to/from work as examples.Smoove_B wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 2:40 pm Hey, I know how we can address a worker shortage! Dial back American employment laws to the early 1900s - like they're trying in Iowa:
Iowans are in uproar after Senate File 167 was introduced in the Iowa Legislature, proposing a rewrite of Iowa’s child labor law. One might imagine this rewrite might be to further safeguard minors against hazardous working conditions or protect their educational opportunities, as those who came before us promised with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. However, that is not the case as the bill’s sponsor, Republican state Sen. Jason Schulz, pushes for teenagers as young as 14-years-old to work in previously prohibited jobs — like mining, meatpacking and logging — as long as they’re part of an approved training program. And these minors would be permitted to work longer shifts that last late into the evening. What’s more: if a teen gets sick, injured or killed on the job, the company they worked for would be free from any civil liability of negligence. That’s pretty abhorrent stuff.
Here is the text of some of the legislation below - read that and tell me that summary is honest. In fact, the piece uses the words "any civil liability" which is contradicted in the legislation. I haven't looked deeply at any of the other claims but I did skim some of it and nothing was *crazy* on its face. In fact, they prohibit work I did in high school and are adding it. For example, loading equipment on a truck at a garden center appears to be currently prohibited.
A business that accepts a secondary student in a work-based learning program shall not be subject to civil liability for any claim for bodily injury to the student or sickness or death by accident of the student arising from the student’s driving to or from the business or worksite to participate in the work-based learning program.
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This section shall not be construed to provide immunity for a student or business for civil liability arising from gross negligence or willful misconduct.