Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a law allowing for children under the age of 16 to get a job without permission from the state's Division of Labor.
Since 2018, there has been a 69 percent increase in the number of children employed illegally by companies, the Labor Department said.
“It increases the likelihood that kids will end up in dangerous jobs," said Reid Maki, director of child labor advocacy at the National Consumers League. He added that the surge in reported child labor law violations makes it a"very odd time" for Arkansas to weaken protections.
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