Businesses hope tweaking child labor laws can ease a post-pandemic hiring crunch, but the solution hits differently depending on who’s doing the hiring.
Under state law, children under 16 are only allowed to work from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Labor Day until July 1, when evening hours are extended to 9 p.m. Business leaders point out that the July 1 date is one the latest in the nation, and prevents employers from hiring…
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