As Indiana’s part-time legislature returned to the Statehouse in January, a new law allowed another group of Hoosiers to spend more time in the workforce. Those workers are teens, some as young as 14, ...

There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint report ...

Florida Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, says his bill is simply “lining Florida up with federal law” on child labor. The federal law he’s referring to was passed in 1938. Credit: Photo via Jay ...

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. Several ...

A Florida bill that would roll back certain child labor protections in the state for minors as young as 14 was advanced by a panel of Florida state representatives Thursday, despite concerns from some ...

YOU'VE seen them in the novels of Charles Dickens and the proletarian novelists of 1930s America, books that deal with child laborers in the factories and fields. Harnessing child labor prevents them ...

Florida bills propose easing teen work restrictions, raising child welfare and education concerns. The bills would allow for extended work hours and remove break requirements for 16- and 17-year-olds.

Emily Dobson, Piper Rockelle and Claire Rock Smith pose at the 2nd Annual Toys For Tots Toy Drive on November 21, 2020 in Hollywood, California. Rockelle's rise to YouTube fame and the troubling ...

President Trump’s pick to lead the United States Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, will soon oversee the federal government’s response to labor rights issues across the US. One of her key ...

There are only two types of investors: those who have unlawful child labor in their portfolios, and those who do not yet know that they have unlawful child labor in their portfolios. So we present ...

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