A cleaning company has been busted for alleged "oppressive child labor" after making nearly a dozen kids work illegal night shifts at an Iowa pork factory, marking the second time underage workers ...

Businesses that violate Iowa's more relaxed child labor laws would face reduced civil penalties under a proposed rule change that critics have decried as harmful to young workers. The proposed rule ...

The U.S. Department of Labor, on January 13, announced that it has entered into an agreement with JBS USA Food Co, the nation’s leading meat packing processor and slaughterhouse. The company will ...

Today in Ohio podcast delivers fiery takedown of lawmakers who supported extending work hours for teens, as hosts praise ...

OMAHA, Neb. — 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 ...

Child labor protections could soon be rolled back in Florida as lawmakers advance a controversial bill. This comes a year after lawmakers relaxed the state's child labor laws.On Tuesday, a divided ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. and secured a separate agreement with temporary staffing agency Staff Management Solutions LLC and SMX LLC, ...

A Florida bill that would roll back certain child labor protections in the state for minors as young as 14 was advanced by a panel of Florida state representatives Thursday, despite concerns from some ...

A year after lawmakers relaxed the state’s child labor laws, a divided Florida Senate panel on Tuesday gave initial approval to a measure that would further roll back work restrictions for kids as ...

Girl and boy lean in to cut vegetables for cooking food. How young is too young to work long hours? That is a subjective question that has come into the spotlight due to a recent action taken in the ...

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