OMAHA, Neb. — 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 ...

“Child labor is an issue that gets to the heart of who we are as ... and former administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the DOL. Last year, for example, young children were found to be working ...

(NewsNation) — Child labor violations are increasing, and over two dozen states have made moves that are exacerbating the issue, a recent report by Governing for Impact, the Economic Policy Institute ...

More child labor violations appear to be on the horizon for the regulated meat industry, Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods are reportedly under renewed federal scrutiny for possible illegal child labor ...

The U.S. Department of Labor recently opened an investigation into the big chicken processors Tyson Foods and Perdue Farms, which together produce one third of all poultry sold in the country. The ...

In 2020, a Ford dealership located in a suburb of Portland settled with the U.S. Department of Labor for nearly $28,000 over reported violations of federal child labor law. Federal investigators had ...

A Republican-dominated Florida Senate committee advanced legislation filed on behalf of industry groups that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to work jobs in construction that are currently deemed too ...

This has been a long and difficult week. Two-thirds of the workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) are expected to lose their job, part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

Cracking down on child labor, protecting animals in rural areas and protecting librarians caught in the crossfire of a culture war are among the requests facing Madison County lawmakers heading into ...

Deputy Minister Jomo Sibiya has welcomed the landmark sentencing of seven Chinese nationals to 20 years in jail each for ...