Posted by JDseller on February 06, 2012 at 23:13:08 from (208.126.196.144):
All the DOL announced was that they are going to revert to the old definition of parental ownership.
"Until the (final decision), the Wage and Hour Division will revert to its earlier enforcement practice. The exemption will be applied in situations where the parent, or person standing in place of the parent, is a part-owner of the farm, a partner in a partnership or an officer of a corporation that owns the farm if the ownership interest in the partnership or corporation is substantial.
"The re-proposal of the parental exemption is in an effort to reflect current farm ownership structures and respect rural farming traditions, a Department of Labor official who did not want to be identified said in a conference call Wednesday with the media.
She said the remainder of the changes to the child labor in agriculture rule now will move forward."
HERE ARE SOME OF THE NEW rules summarized:
"They've expanded that to say that students can't work with any animal husbandry practice like breeding, branding, dehorning or treating sick animals," she said. "They aren't allowed to catch chickens in preparation for market, and they can't herd animals in confined spaces or on horseback or using ATVs or other motorized vehicles."
*New Ag H.O. 13 Prohibit the employment of young hired farm workers in occupations involving the production and curing of tobacco in order to prevent them suffering from green tobacco sickness (GTS). Includes, but not limited to, planting, cultivating, topping, harvesting, baling, barning, and curing of tobacco.
New Non-Ag HO 18 Occupations in farm-product raw materials wholesale trade industries Includes, but not limited to: most occupations performed at country grain elevators, grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, feed yards, stockyards, livestock exchanges, and livestock auctions.
Revise and Renumber as Ag H.O. 7 Occupations involving work on roofs, scaffolds, and at elevations greater than 6 feet. Expand to include work on elevated farm structures including silos, grain bins, windmills, and towers; and vehicles, machines, and implements. Reduces the maximum height at which youth under age 16 may work at elevation from 20 feet to 6 feet, including work on ladders.
Retain and Expand Ag H.O. 4 *Expand the current Ag H.O. to prohibit Certain Occupations Involving Working With or Around Animals. It would prohibit the following: working on a farm in a yard, pen, or stall occupied by an intact (not castrated) male equine, porcine, bovine, or bison older than six months, a sow with suckling pigs, or cow with new born calf (with umbilical cord present); engaging or assisting in animal husbandry practices that inflict pain upon the animal and/or are likely to result in unpredictable animal behavior such as, but not limited to, branding, breeding, dehorning, vaccinating, castrating, and treating sick or injured animals; handling animals with known dangerous behaviors; poultry catching or cooping in preparation for slaughter or market; and herding animals in confined spaces such as feed lots or corrals, or on horseback, or using motorized vehicles such as trucks or all terrain vehicles.
I have found this link to an article that Marshfield Clinic has posted that show the old rules and the new rule plus the changes. It is a very good article summing up what they are trying to do.
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