N.J., are reintroducing legislation on Monday that would bar companies from receiving federal contracts if they’ve been found ...

Finally, the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938 enforced minimum working ages and hours under federal law and child labor was officially ended. Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine captured the harsh ...

Unfortunately, child labor – legally defined as work that interferes with children’s physical and mental development and school attendance - is on the rise for the first time in two decades. In fields ...

The continued hiring by American companies helped the economy avoid falling into a recession, but the hiring came with some unintended consequences. One was a surge in child labor, as employers ...

Labor Day was officially established and signed into law by President Grover Cleveland in 1894 to recognize the contributions of American workers ... and the abolishment of child labor. Smithsonian ...

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