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 ...

Trump’s gutting of workplace safety enforcement comes as many states have rolled back their own efforts. That puts young workers at risk.

The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. and secured a separate agreement with temporary staffing agency Staff Management Solutions LLC and SMX LLC, ...

The U.S. Department of Labor, on January 13, announced that it has entered into an agreement with JBS USA Food Co, the nation’s leading meat packing processor and slaughterhouse. The company will ...

Poultry group Perdue Farms has reached an agreement with the US government to support projects aimed at combatting child labour. The $4m indirect settlement with the Department of Labor (DoL) follows ...

On January 15 the DOL entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. and two staffing agencies, to address child labor violations found in an investigation of Perdue’s poultry processing facility in ...

Brazilian meat major JBS’s US arm has signed an agreement with the American government to address child labour issues. JBS will provide $4m to assist individuals and communities “affected by unlawful ...

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has reached agreements with Perdue Farms Inc. and staffing agency SMX LLC to resolve child labor violations at a poultry processing facility in Accomac, Virginia.

Private equity-backed snack producer Hearthside Food Solutions has agreed to pay $4.5 million to end an investigation by Illinois authorities into allegations the business used child labor at ...