Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that interferes with children’s physical and mental development and school attendance - is on the rise for the first time in two decades. In fields ...

One was a surge in child labor, as employers brought in the cheapest labor they could find during a tight job market. The Labor Department reported in October that it had found 5,792 minors who ...

The U.S. government found child labor violations involving over 3,800 minors in 2022. At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. Katherine Walts, director of ...

Indiana's relaxed work rules for minors are part of a national trend aimed at helping businesses boost workforces and bottom ...

Still, this galvanizing employment trend seemingly has an underbelly, as the recent boost in child labor law violations highlights. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter ...

Both Temu and Shein have denied the accusations of widespread forced labor, even after Shein last year revealed it found two instances of child labor within its supply ... “A complete and fair review ...

The nation’s largest meatpacking company JBS USA Food Company will pay $4 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), in connection with the company’s use of child labor ...

After years of decline in child labor, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many African children back to work. Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, is teeming with young vendors. Most of them are children ...

While very much reduced in recent decades, child labor is still used in some restaurants ... these fines are appropriate or reflective of the facts," she wrote to the San Francisco Chronicle.