According to The CARE Act, which stands for the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment, children are allowed to work in ...

Child labor laws will change in five states in 2025, with Indiana and Illinois passing the most far-reaching of these new laws. New laws taking effect on January 1 in four states would crack down on ...

As Ohio lawmakers consider weakening child labor protections, evidence from other states shows alarming increases in workplace injuries among teens working longer hours for lower pay.

As Indiana’s part-time legislature returned to the Statehouse in January, a new law allowed another group of Hoosiers to spend more time in the workforce. Those workers are teens, some as young as 14, ...

The state’s legislature on Tuesday is set to debate a bill that would loosen child labor laws Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants. But that ...

Making a concerted effort to recoup uncollected fines would incentivize industry leaders to protect the health and welfare of ...

Shake Shack will pay out nearly $250,000 for Massachusetts child labor law violations, Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced Tuesday. “Our child labor laws protect vulnerable young people as they ...

A year after loosening child labor laws and two years after penalizing businesses that hired undocumented immigrants, Florida is now looking at removing all work restrictions on 16- and 17-year-olds ...

State Republican leaders are asking the U.S. Department of Labor to reassess fines levied against some Iowa businesses for federal child labor violations. JUST A LITTLE BIT, BEN. OKAY. AND THANK YOU.

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - Iowa labor groups are calling on Republicans to reverse course on proposed changes to the state’s child labor laws. Potential rules from the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks with reporters after delivering his State of the State address at the Florida State Capitol on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Tallahassee, Florida. Teenagers as young as ...