The surge in cases of illegal child labor come as some states are weakening their child labor laws, while some lawmakers have also pointed to an influx of unaccompanied minors crossing into the U ...

These weren’t isolated cases. US child labor violations have jumped in recent years. Some well-known companies, consumer-facing name brands, have been caught employing children for grueling work ...

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is the latest lawmaker looking to update the nation's antiquated child labor laws after a steep increase in violations over the last several years. Casey, who chairs the ...

Some state governments are gutting child protections as rates of child labor violations, injuries and chronic school absenteeism rise, according to a report released Tuesday. Produced by the Governing ...

MORE: Labor Department cites meatpacking cleaning company for 'oppressive child labor' practices The company was also fined $296,951 for subjecting "10 children to oppressive child labor ...

“Little children working,” the visitor replied. Child labor might have shocked that outsider, but it was all too commonplace then across urban, industrial America (and on farms where it had ...

Illegal child employment cases significantly increased across the country starting in 2022. The U.S. Department of Labor is taking enforcement action against businesses in Iowa, and other states ...

All three of these announcements come just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but they follow a number of other child labor investigations in the meatpacking industry in the ...

A new report from the Department of Labor raises tough questions about whether and to what extent forced labor and child labor are intertwined with climate-friendly technology. The department ...

In his first general audience of the year, Pope Francis called on the global community to eradicate child labor, urging that we "cannot remain indifferent, cannot accept that little sisters and ...

Downers Grove-based Hearthside Food Solutions has agreed to settle a child labor investigation by the Illinois Department of Labor and attorney general for $4.5 million. The state agencies opened ...