It wouldn’t shock me if there were already forty laws on the books to cover child labor. You will end up with 3 to 5 days of agenda-discussions via mass media to make you think there’s tons of child labor going on. Either the laws done to this point are in-effective, or no one enforces them.
I think they are not being enforced. Recently there was a story about a company that had several locations that employed young people, I think as young as 13. I don’t know who it was, but I can say there are some 13 years olds here in San Luis Obispo that could pass for 18. I think this was the case. Once one younger person finds a way in to a company to get a job lying about their age, the information goes viral and next thing you know many have applied and gotten on. Is the company liable? Maybe. Did the kids lie to get the job? Possibly. Do companys actively recruit underaged children? Doubtful. I mean, its difficult for an underaged person to get lawnjobs, paper routes, wash dishes or bus tables, waitress, and just about anything including helping in a day care center. All these things those of us who are in our 60s did all the time when younger to earn money. Laws restrict the youth from learning how to earn.