Instead of working abroad for a few years and returning home, Vietnamese migrant workers in Japan and South Korea have switched to saving and buying homes, laying down stable foundations for their ...

The Indiana Senate is considering a bill that would totally eliminate Indiana's child labor reporting system. Employers would ...

When I got a text from one of this newspaper’s comment editors asking me if I wanted to write a defence of child labour, I chuckled. Nice try. My mind went immediately to screaming Victorian children ...

Wisconsin's work permit rule for 14- and 15-year-olds can help educate employers and parents about child labor laws, says the ...

Through boom times and, more recently, slumping sales, Nike Inc. has stuck by a key claim about its overseas suppliers: They pay the average factory worker about twice the local minimum wage. It’s a ...

Cicih Sukaesih led fellow Indonesian factory workers in a strike, part of a movement that led Nike to create its first code of conduct.

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BELGRADE -- Human rights groups say dozens of Bangladeshi workers employed at a Chinese-owned tire factory in northeastern Serbia were subjected to labor abuses that may amount to human trafficking, ...

CAYUGA, Ind. — A former Indiana Department of Child Services worker in Vermillion County was arrested after she allegedly did not visit with children and parents that she was supposed to meet with.

Humanoid robots are appearing in some factories and manufacturing facilities around the world, prompting fears that they could soon replace human workers entirely. But that seems unlikely for the ...

Five workers were killed in a massive explosion and fire in the early hours of Monday morning at the Violanta biscuit factory near the town of Trikala in Thessaly, central Greece. Eight workers ...