Also, families have lost loved ones and income because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the increasingly severe effects of climate change rob families of their homes and livelihoods. Today is World Day ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who ...

Iowa labor union leaders say new rules reducing penalties for Iowa businesses that violate the state’s child labor laws will ...

Long term effects also include cancer ... Only a tiny fraction of child labor violations are ever uncovered by the Department of Labor, and penalties are typically too weak to discourage employers ...

New laws taking effect on January 1 in four states would crack down on companies using child labor laws or violating already-existing laws, while one state loosened its child labor laws.

These changes significantly lower the cap on how much the state can fine companies that violate some child labor laws.

Today we know how to turn our eyes toward Mars or virtual worlds, but we struggle to look into the eyes of a child who has ...

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 ...

A controversial 2023 law made a number of changes to loosen child labor restrictions in Iowa, allowing longer working hours ...

Poultry workers are uniting with faith-based investors to eliminate child labor in the poultry ... [+] industry. ML: This is a pretty concerning situation for workers and people here in the ...

A coalition of labor unions is pushing back against proposed legislation at the Iowa Capitol that would roll back child labor laws.