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A comment on Florida to consider relaxing child labour laws to fill vacant jobs.

Re:Florida to consider relaxing child labour laws to fill va... by jerlam on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @06:59PM (#43476988)
The US Chamber of Commerce [...] named Florida as one of the states where the situation is severe, counting only 53 available workers for every 100 open jobs.

Here is the study: https://www.uschamber.com/workforce/the-states-suffering-mos...

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Re:Florida to consider relaxing child labour laws to fill va... by lesuorac on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @07:17PM (#43477122)
Of course an industry trade group (US Chamber of Commerce isn't a USG organization [1]) is advocating for lower paid children to be employees.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Comme...

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