Many Still Not Satisfied with Labor Department’s Focus on Family Farms
Apr 26th, 2012 | By Tim GeorgeWASHINGTON, DC – Department of Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, probably thought the 85 pages of new regulations she quietly endorsed last year would slip past thinking Americans, but she was wrong. As Off the Grid News reported a few weeks ago, the proposed rules would restrict the activities of youth under the age of 18 on farms. Family farm operations, in particular, would be severely hampered. In February the Labor Department apparently backed away from what many called an impractical reach into farmers’ families by reopening the public comment period on a section of the
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