Last year, the Florida Legislature enacted significant changes to the State’s Child Labor Laws through House Bill 49, and its companion, Senate Bill, 1596, which Governor Ron Desantis signed into law ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 3646, the Child Labor Law of 2024, Tuesday which updates child labor regulations by repealing the existing statute and ...
Since 2021, many states have been considering or have passed legislation to weaken child labor laws, while a smaller number have considered or have been strengthening and updating the laws on their ...
Across the country, some officials — overwhelmingly Republicans — are looking for ways to usher underage workers into potentially dangerous jobs like factory work, including having them take ...
Every year on June 12, World Day Against Child Labour is observed to raise global awareness about the exploitation of children and to urge collective action to eliminate it. The day focuses on drawing ...
Child labor is a significant global problem, particularly in the developing world. Businesses big and small can be part of the solution by ensuring their supply chains are completely free of child ...
Placing children in unsafe or unstable environments resulted in more than 20,000 foster youth being reported missing in 2022, according to a federal report. The “systemic failure” of the foster care ...
The Florida Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis this year approved two separate bills that affect the state’s child labor laws. Both specifically loosen regulations for minors aged 16 and up, and will ...
KINSHASA, (June 12, 2024) – Children working in some of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) cobalt mines are getting support to trade their tools for textbooks to escape from dangerous and even ...