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Lyn Tenaglia 14 April 2002 Mr. Rebolini Period 6 Provisions of New York State Law Regarding Child Labor Current provisions of New York State employment laws have taken actions to protect the working conditions of children. These necessary actions should further prevent any mistreatment of child laborers from recurring, as it did at the time of the Industrial Revolution. The dire conditions under which many children were forced to work were hazardous to their health and emotional well-being. As early as the age of 5, children tended the machinery in factories and helped mine coal. The tobacco industry employed thousands of children under 10 to make tobacco products. This also was the same for the children involved in silk spinning, artificial flower making, oyster shucking, berry picking, canning, and shrimp packing. In England under the English Poor Law, local government officials arranged for orphans to become apprentices so that they would learn...

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