This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...on in Springfield by any of the three main groups of interested parties. Such work should enlist the energies not of one or two exceptional employers, but of all, as well as the employers' organizations; for employers, because of their large powers, have a special responsibility in determining conditions in their ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...on in Springfield by any of the three main groups of interested parties. Such work should enlist the energies not of one or two exceptional employers, but of all, as well as the employers' organizations; for employers, because of their large powers, have a special responsibility in determining conditions in their establishments. It is a fruitful field also for labor unions, by instructing and encouraging the workers to use care, and by bringing hazardous conditions to the notice of responsible persons. Educational work by civic bodies and citizens' committees, and co-operation of employers, employes, and such public agencies are also recommended. Enforcement Of Ch1ld Labor Law It has been seen that neither the enforcement of the child labor law of Illinois nor the law itself was satisfactory. Children under sixteen years of age were being employed for illegal hours or in prohibited employments. The remedy for this situation must come through the State Factory Inspection Department. The force of inspectors in this department should be increased to make effective law enforcement possible, and the chief inspector should then be held strictly responsible for the conduct of the work. Better adjustment of the hours of inspectors' work to the character of their duties, the adoption of a policy of giving full publicity to successful prosecutions, and better work by the truant officer were among the more detailed recommendations. Under the reorganization plan recommended the enforcement of the child labor law should be in the hands of a bureau of child labor in the new department of labor and mining. Ch1ld Labor Leg1slat1on It has been seen also that the provisions of the child labor law governing age and school certificates were open to easy evasion. The remedy, of...
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