Since the pandemic, it’s now easier in many states for employers to hire children or schedule them for longer hours.

The state can’t make the change without the federal government rolling back an almost 90-year-old law, the Fair Labor ...

As Ohio lawmakers consider weakening child labor protections, evidence from other states shows alarming increases in ...

A year after lawmakers relaxed the state’s child labor laws, a divided Florida Senate panel on Tuesday gave initial approval to a measure that would further roll back work restrictions for kids as ...

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 agreeing to pay a ...

In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, hands that should hold pencils and schoolbooks hammer rocks and search for the minerals that power electric vehicle batteries, solar cells, and ...

A Florida bill that would roll back certain child labor protections in the state for minors as young as 14 was advanced by a panel of Florida state representatives Thursday, despite concerns from some ...

Rescued from child labour, these kids look forward to the joys of books, classrooms, laughter, and the simple right to be ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. and secured a separate agreement with ...

The Newsweek headline looked like satire: “Florida May Replace Immigrant Workers With Child Labor.” Savvy Floridians know, though, that you can’t fictionalize stories more absurd than this state’s ...