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 ...

A Farmington pizzeria employed minors in violation of federal child labor regulations by assigning them to operate dangerous equipment and allowing them to work later and longer than the law allowed, ...

Popeyes shut down a location in Oakland, Calif., last year in the face of complaints about child labor and other workforce violations. About half the states have introduced bills in recent years to ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office proposed major rollbacks to the state’s child labor laws earlier this year, saying changes made last year to loosen working restrictions for minors “did not go far enough,” ...

The U.S. Department of Labor is suing South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Co., an auto parts plant and a recruiting company after finding a 13-year-old girl illegally working on an assembly line in ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a slew of bills this week lawmakers passed in the previous Democratic-led legislative session last year. She approved legislation touching on a range of policies from ...

The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a ...

What is “oppressive child labor?” The United States Department of Labor (DOL) can tell you what that includes under federal law. My longtime friends Teresa Williams and Keith Lacy can tell you what it ...