The agriculture sector accounts for 70% of children in child labor (112 million), followed by 20% in services (31.4 million) and 10% in industry (16.5 million).. Unsurprisingly, there is a direct ...

In many communities, child labor has become an open secret. Image Maria Escalante, a U.S.D.A. inspector, feels bad for the children working the night shift, but says, “It’s not my place to say ...

Child labor violations up 283% since 2015 02:20. A troubling trend is brewing underneath America's strong employment market: more children are working in dangerous jobs, violating the nation's ...

According to the ILO global estimates, 92 million children; 40 million girls and 42 million boys were engaged in Child labour in Africa at the beginning of 2020 accounting for 1 in 5 of all ...

According to the Minnesota Reformer, lawmakers in 11 states have either passed or introduced laws to roll back child labor protections. Arnold says that interventions to combat this assault on child ...

The Trump administration has plans to immediately end U.S.-backed programs that combat child labor, forced labor and other abuses in dozens of countries around the world. John Clark, a Trump ...

Today, there are still issues to fight for and causes to champion. In the last few years, several states have passed laws to weaken child labor laws to aid in workforce shortages.

Fewer child labor restrictions viewed as help filling jobs occupied by deportees SB 918, sponsored by Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, passed the Commerce and Tourism Committee on March 25 on a 5-4 vote.

Sen. Loren Legarda lauded the gains of the 2003 Anti-Child Labor Law in reducing the number of Filipino children working in unsafe conditions, but acknowledged that poverty remains an issue.