SCR 3 — Urge Fair Labor Standards Act changes for employees under 16

As(136th AdoptedGeneralAssembly) by(Senate Concurrent Resolution Number 3) ACONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge Congress to make changes to the SenateFair 136thLabor GeneralStandards AssemblyAct Regularto Sessionallow S.a person under 16 years of age to be employed between 7 p.m.

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3 2025-2026 Senator Schaffer Cosponsors:

Senators Reineke, Lang, Wilkin, Huffman, Brenner, Cirino, Gavarone, Johnson, O'Brien, Patton, Reynolds, Roegner, Romanchuk, Wilson A C O N C U R R E N T R E S O L U T I O N To urge Congress to make changes to the Fair Labor 1 Standards Act to allow a person under 16 years of age 2 to be employed between 7 p.m.

during the 3 school year.

4Be BEit ITresolved RESOLVEDby BYthe THESenate SENATEof OFthe THEState STATEof OFOhio OHIO(The (THEHouse HOUSEof OFRepresentatives REPRESENTATIVESconcurring): CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The United States lost over 22 million jobs and 5 had an unemployment rate of 14.8% in April 2020, as a result of 6 the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest observed unemployment rate 7 since data collection began in 1948;

and 8 WHEREAS, Employers are still experiencing a shortage of 9 workers to fill the eight million currently available positions, 10 despite the economy recovering jobs that were lost because of 11 the COVID-19 pandemic;

and 12 WHEREAS, Teenage workers are becoming a larger portion of 13 the United States workforce, with an unemployment rate of 13.2% 14 in November 2024;

and 15 WHEREAS, Business owners have had to adjust their 16 operations in response to the ongoing labor shortage, including 17 decreasing their open hours;

and 18WHEREAS, S.Business owners could more quickly return to regular operations, including resuming their usual open hours, by being able to hire the necessary staff to meet their operating needs;

and WHEREAS, The Fair Labor StandardsAct and Ohio law permits a person under 16 years of age to work until 9 p.m.

during summer months or other school holidays;

and WHEREAS, Extending the hours which a person under 16 years of age may work during the school year allows business owners to hire the staff required for the business to resume operating during its usual hours of operation;

and WHEREAS, Local economic growth results when more people are employed and earn wages to spend on goods and services produced by businesses within the local area, which in turn requires businesses to hire more workers to meet the increased demand;

now therefore be it RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th GeneralAssembly of the State of Ohio, urge the Congress of the United States to make changes to the Fair Labor StandardsAct to allow a person under 16 years of age to be employed between 7 p.m.

and 9 p.m.

during the school year if the person has approval to do so from the person's parent or legal guardian;

and be it further RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio.

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3 Page136th 2G.A. As Adopted by the Senate WHEREAS, Business owners could more quickly return to 19 regular operations, including resuming their usual open hours, 20 by being able to hire the necessary staff to meet their 21 operating needs;

andSpeaker 22__________________ WHEREAS,of Thethe FairHouse Labor Standards Act and Ohio law permits 23 a person under 16 years of ageRepresentatives. to work until 9 p.m.

duringPresident 24__________________ summerof monthsthe orSenate. other school holidays;

andAdopted 25_____________________, WHEREAS,20____ Extending the hours which a person under 16 years 26 of age may work during the school year allows business owners to 27 hire the staff required for the business to resume operating 28 during its usual hours of operation;

and 29 WHEREAS, Local economic growth results when more people are 30 employed and earn wages to spend on goods and services produced 31 by businesses within the local area, which in turn requires 32 businesses to hire more workers to meet the increased demand;

33 now therefore be it 34 RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th General 35 Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the Congress of the United 36 States to make changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow 37 a person under 16 years of age to be employed between 7 p.m.

and 38 p.m.

during the school year if the person has approval to do 39 so from the person's parent or legal guardian;

and be it further 40 RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly 41 authenticated copies of this resolution to the President Pro 42 Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker 43 and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the 44 members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media 45 of Ohio.

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