The Department of Labor (DOL) has apparently heard the voice of the American farmer (and the American people) and backed off its plan to restrict or severely limit family members under the age of 16 from working on family farms.
The news was posted following extensive coverage on The Blaze and other sites, tens of thousands of comments posted on the DOL’s website, and after a bi-partisan group of 98 Senators and Congressmen sent letters to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, protesting the planned action.
The original rule claimed to be “protecting” young people. However, it was so restricting that minors working on their family’s farms would not even be allowed to use a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose.
I have to follow some of the Agenda 21 rules that OSHA adopted. They are not enforced yet but will be in two years. It has to do with Hazard Communications and chemicals. New labeling and MSDS sheets.