The Florida Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis this year approved two separate bills that affect the state’s child labor laws. Both specifically loosen regulations for minors aged 16 and up, and will ...

A Florida employment lawyer and policy analysts with the Florida Policy Institute warn that a new law affecting child labor protections on residential construction sites in Florida, effective July 1, ...

It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, on Labor Day, we devote our attention to a subset of the American population who should not be working, or at least not working in jobs that are entirely ...

A young girl tends the spinning machine at a cotton mill in North Carolina. Children worked adult hours for pennies in mills and factories all over the United States until reforms came with the Fair ...

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:53:51 GMT — WASHINGTON (AP) " The Labor Department is adding a dozen countries to the list of nations that use child labor or forced labor, as officials warn the global economic ...

The talent gap has been a problem for manufacturers for at least 30 years now. More recently, it has become a problem for those concerned about children’s welfare: Driven by demand for workers, low ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry ...

There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint report ...

The Iowa Restaurant Association is warning its members to revert to stricter federal regulations for workers under 16. The association says regulators are cracking down and levying heavy fines on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administrated has canceled millions of dollars in international grants that a Department of Labor division administered to combat child labor and slave labor around the world ...

Among the most annoying trends in media is one where a journalist will take any random topic, be it “trans sex workers” and their struggles in Indonesia, predatory loan practices, human trafficking, ...