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With the summer job search in full swing, many young people living outside Atlanta may be looking to work on a farm for the season. There are a number of regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act that apply to young farm workers that parents and children need to be aware of. Consulting an employment lawyer about these very complex regs before starting a farm job would be a very good idea.

First things first, though—if you’re over 16, these special rules don’t apply to you. Also, they don’t apply if the farm is owned by the children’s parents. Other exemptions include students enrolled in certain vocational agricultural programs or who are specially trained through 4-H (etc.) on some hazardous farm equipment.

Believe it or not, you are allowed to work on a farm at an age as low as 10....

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Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) rendered a decision upholding an Administrative Law Judge’s pro- whistleblower decision under the Sabanes- Oxley Act (often referred to as SOX these days).

The ALJ in Kalkunte v. DVI Financial Services, Inc., a case decided in 2005, held that a privately-held company acting as a contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a publicly traded company can be held liable for violation of the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The private company, AP Services, was acting as a “turnaround specialist” for Kalkunte’s employer DVI, a publicly traded company, which declared bankruptcy while all of this was going on.

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Summer vacation is around the corner, and many young people are lining up summer jobs this month. As you would think, the US Department of Labor has very specific rules concerning youth employment. Parents need to be very careful that their kids aren't being exploited out there in the workforce, and may want to check with an employment lawyer to make sure that all of the rules concerning youth employment are being obeyed by the employers.

First-- watch out for jobs that are more dangerous than you may think.

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