LAD #29

Children advocating for their safety

The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act ended the selling of products from factories or shops that employed children under the age of 14, and products from mines that employed children under the age of 16. Also, the sale of products was banned from any workplace that had children under 16 work for more than eight hours per day or at night. In addition, Congress was given the ability to regulate interstate commerce.

The logo for the US Department of Labor, which oversees the enforcement of fair labor laws like the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The Keating-Owen Act is similar to the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938), which also restricted the employment of children to protect them from unsafe conditions, or "oppressive child labor," as it is worded in the act.