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 ...

Introduction : child labor as a social and economic problem -- Industrialization of child labor -- Child labor reform : the change after the change -- Children in the coal mines -- Light manufacturing ...

Child labor protections in America are being challenged at the state level and, in some cases, reversed in ways we haven’t seen in decades. In 2022 and 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Hampshire, and New ...

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 ...

"Finding just one child in harm's way is one too many," a labor official says. Duvan Perez died last summer during his shift working on a Mississippi farm. His 16-year-old body "became entangled" in a ...