The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-05-06
NEW LABOR LAN IN.
EFFECT NEXT week.
Work Permits for Children
VIII Not Be So Easily
Obtained.

The new Child Labor Law Of West
Virginia recently added to the old
one comes into effect on May IL and
alreadypersons are applying at the Of
flee Of the County superintendent of
schools and also at the City superin-
tendents office for permits which are
to be found al either OF these places.
The new chill diabor law is said to be
the best child law whicn West yir-
ginia has had for a long time. 1t
dovetails nicely with the federal child
labor law and works admirably with
the school attendance law, requiring
that a child get proper record OF his
birth which shall be indisputable. No
longer can a parent or other person
concerned, procure employment for a
child merely through personal affidav-
It that the child IS of lawful age TO
work. Many foreigners have procured
work for Their children merely by stat
ing that such children were of the
proper age, when 1t was well known
that the children were not old enough
according TO law.
There are four different kinds OF
permits waiting to be issued at the
present time: an age certificate, spec
ial work permit, regular work permit
and vacation work permit. The age
certificate will be issued at the request
OF employer DESTROYS of employing a
child who represents his or her age to
be sixteen years or over. 1t is filled
out with names of parents, date and
place of birth and certificates that
prove Of his age has been recorded. A
copy Of each age certificate of every
permit Is forwarded to the State Com
missioner Of Labor at Charleston with
in four days of its issuance one CODY
is kept In the office where 1t was issu-
ed here, and another is given the child.
The SPECIAL Work Permit gives the
name. date and place of birth, parents
and employers address. It concerns
the child over 10 years OF age to be
employed in mercantile establishments
and business offices outside of school
hours. Such child cannot work more
than six hours a weeks As hours a
week, eight hours in one day, nor be
fore six a. m. Nor after seven D. m.
The Work Permit for child be-
tween IA and 16 must show proof that
child is not under IA years of age, 81
physically fit. has received the proper
schooling which means that he must
know howto read and write and know
subject bel,nging to the first six grad
es in school, On this permit is also
written the name of the employer desir
nix TO employ him. The employer
agrees to return the permit within two
days Of the termination of such child's
1employment. Such a permit issued
with the agreement of the EMPLOYER
Fiat the child may not work more than
six days 9 week more than 4s hours
ma week, more than eight hours a
day nor before six A. NJ. or later than
seven RI. NJ 1t cuts out entirely any
1irht work. The Monongah Glass Com
pany Rave to employ no child under
~ wears Of age. These people haze
pS~fars more demand for the work of
lNiren than any other place of en-
n MINT n the oity.
IRE Vacation Work Permit pertains
70 Children of IA or over. Every va
atom work permit shall be null and
F2'd on the day the public schools
'n' = fnr regular session. The same
rez.slatiops as to hours allowed chill
aren IN which to work applies to the
gacation permit.