Child Labor Standards
- ca. 1941-1945
Transcript
CHILD-LABOR STANDARDS
FOR THE NATION’S CHILDREN
No Child Under 16 Years of Age
Should Leave School for Gainful Employment
School
Is Their Full-Time Job
A basic 16-year minimum age, applying to industrial work at any time and to agricultural work during periods of required school attendance, is the standard set by the child-labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, administered by the Children’s Bureau, which apply to producers of goods for shipment in interstate commerce.
Children working for their parents in agriculture or other occupations except manufacturing and mining are exempt from these provisions.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
CHILDREN’S BUREAU
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of Government Reports.
National Archives Identifier: 514051
Full Citation: 44-PA-571; Child Labor Standards; ca. 1941-1945; World War II Posters, 1942–1945; Records of the Office of Government Reports, Record Group 44; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/child-labor-standards/, March 12, 2026]
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