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Ohio Senate approves bill allowing 14–15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. with parental and school consent
Summary
Senate Bill 50 passed 24–9 on April 8, permitting 14- and 15-year-old workers to be employed until 9 p.m. year-round with parental and school approval while retaining other child-labor limits and adding a required minor work-hour notification form.
The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 50 on April 8 by a recorded vote of 24 yays and 9 nays. The bill amends state law to allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. year-round with parental and school consent while preserving existing guardrails on minors’ hours.
Sponsor Senator Schafer told the chamber the change complements a nonbinding resolution approved earlier in the session and said the bill would help…
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