“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 ...

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 ...

The owner of two Culver’s locations is facing a more than $60,000 penalty after allegedly violating child labor laws.

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fernando Morales-de la Cruz was plying his trade: shaming the wealthy for investments in companies he claims benefit from child labor. Wearing a hoodie and baggy jeans, the 63-year-old Guatemalan ...

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 ...