Child labor

Lines 22-24 imply that Slater viewed child labor as... 

Studies children s issues, including crime, child labor, abuse, etc. 

The most important piece of federal legislation affecting compensation is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which was adopted in 1938 as a means of economic recovery from the Great Depression. The purposes of the FLSA were to create minimum wage standards, promote fair competition in interstate commerce, generate job growth and reduce unemployment, and curtail child labor. 

The FLSA, also sometimes referred to as the Wage and Hour Law, is enforced by the U.S. DOL. Its primary objective is to eliminate detrimental working conditions and to establish protections for employees regarding minimum wage, child labor, and overtime provisions. In addition, the regulations identify and exclude certain workers (exempt) from FLSA coverage. 

At BASF, suppliers and business partners are expected to observe the International Labour Organization s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights to Work. The Declaration calls on governments, companies, and worker organizations to uphold employees right to organize and bargain collectively and to eliminate child labor, forced labor, and discrimination in the workplace. BASF suppliers found to violate these labor standards can be terminated without notice if necessary (BASF, 2001). 

In negotiating to purchase raw materials, BASF uses a safety matrix to evaluate the dangers posed by their physical and chemical properties. Suppliers are also subject to environmental and safety audits by BASF employees to minimize pollution and to assure their use of safety standards are in accordance with Responsible Care. The company s environmental criteria are supplemented with minimum social standards that suppliers are expected to meet, including the prohibition of child labor and the use of forced or bonded workers. 

Example Explain the (effects of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on child-labor laws in America from 1912 to 1915. 

International standards of conduct regarding business dealings, child labor... 

Choosing toys that have been made according to ethical standards, such as those of TransFair USA, ensures that workers get fair wages and that there has been no abuse of child labor. 

Panapanaan and Linnanen (2009) suggest that a successful social investment strategy should consider employees, suppliers, the community, and customers. They assert that a social risk assessment should be conducted to determine the organizational vulnerabilities, which in turn form the focus of the strategy. From an employee perspective, the social risk assessment should consider the following points of potential vulnerability diversity, discrimination, freedom of association, child labor, forced labor, absenteeism, compensation, and flexibility. 

Another area within the FLSA of importance to safety professionals is that of the child labor rules. Safety professionals should be aware that the rules vary depending on the age of the young individual, his or her intended job function, and whether the job function is agriculture related or nonagricultural. Focusing on nonagricultural... 

Safety professionals should be aware that in addition to the ELSA, several other federal laws, including the Sugar Act, Walsh-Healey Act, and Interstate Commerce Act, specifically address child labor issues, and numerous states address the employment of children in certain industries with more stringent laws. Prudent safety professionals should check with their human resources departments regarding specifics in the areas of overtime, minimum wages, and child labor. 

The general public s traditional perception of textile factories is that the social standards within these facilities are poor. Events over the past few years with the tragic loss of life due to factory fires or building collapses have reinforced this perception. Beyond the terrible fatalities that have occurred, other social problans associated with the apparel industry include child labor, gender inequality, poor health and safety, exposure to harmful chemical and bonded labor. 

Much of the focus regarding social standards is aimed at garment-making factories however, there is a growing acceptance that there are major social issues within other parts of the apparel supply chain. For example, forced child labor in cotton fields in Uzbekistan, bonded female labor in spinning mills in Southern India (sumangli), and worker safety problems in dyehouses and tanneries. 

The Knowledge of and Concern with Apparel Social Issues Scale (Dickson, 1999 Dickson and Eckman, 2006) includes 21 items (see Table 9.1) designed to examine consumers knowledge of and attitudes toward issues existing in domestic and foreign AT factories, including the use of child labor and the treatment of workers in both domestic and offshore apparel manufacturing facilities. Dickson s (1999) scale has been found... 

Use of child labor is not a general practice among US clothing manufacturers ... 

Sale of products made by child labor should be banned... 

Professor Jane Humphries (2010) wrote in Childhood and Child Labor in the British Industrial Revolution ... 

Humphries, J. 2010. Childhood and Child Labor in the British Industrial Revolution. Daily Mail news article 1312764. Cambridge University Press, http //www.dailymail.co.uk/ news/article-1312764/Britains-child-slaves-New-book-says-misery-helped-forge-Britain.html. 

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