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 ...
Severance season 2, episode 8 reveals the tragic backstory of Harmony Cobel's life in Salt's Neck, including her child labor ...
160 million children, almost 1 in 10 worldwide, are engaged in child labor, with 80 million working in hazardous conditions in agriculture, mining, domestic labor, and other sectors. On tobacco ...
President Trump’s pick to lead the United States Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, will soon oversee the federal ...
Lawmakers want to relax West Virginia’s child labor protections. Other states are passing similar measures amid a rise in ...
Still, this galvanizing employment trend seemingly has an underbelly, as the recent boost in child labor law violations highlights. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter ...
The legislation was the latest move to relax child labor restrictions in Indiana. As of Jan. 1, 16 and 17-year-olds can work the same hours as adults and are no longer restricted by school hours ...
The U.S. government found child labor violations involving over 3,800 minors in 2022. At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. Katherine Walts, director of ...