This is what she says about the proposed rule change... "The Department of Labor is proposing rules prohibiting hired workers less than 16 years of age from working with certain animals, handling pesticides, working in timber operations and working in or around manure pits and storage bins. In addition, these workers would also be prohibited from participation in the cultivation, harvesting and curing of tobacco and from using electronic devices while operating power-driven equipment." Hired workers, 18 years of age and younger, would be prohibited from working in grain elevators, feedlots, stockyards and livestock exchanges and auctions.