“Child labor is an issue that gets to the heart of who we are as ... and former administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the DOL. Last year, for example, young children were found to be working ...

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 ...

Federal investigators found nearly a dozen children to be working dangerous, overnight shifts at Seaboard Triumph Foods' pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa, the Department of Labor announced.

Iowa lawmakers approved changes to state law to make it easier for minors to work for Iowa businesses. But, the changes are in conflict with stricter federal requirements and businesses are finding ...

To help you understand what the Biden administration is doing to combat a growing child labor problem in the U.S., and what we expect to happen in the future, our highly experienced Kiplinger Letter ...

More child labor violations appear to be on the horizon for the regulated meat industry, Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods are reportedly under renewed federal scrutiny for possible illegal child labor ...

Two Culver’s restaurants in north Georgia have been ordered to pay $60,116 in civil penalties for violations of child labor ...

A Republican-dominated Florida Senate committee advanced legislation filed on behalf of industry groups that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to work jobs in construction that are currently deemed too ...

In 2020, a Ford dealership located in a suburb of Portland settled with the U.S. Department of Labor for nearly $28,000 over reported violations of federal child labor law. Federal investigators had ...

This has been a long and difficult week. Two-thirds of the workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) are expected to lose their job, part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Child labor laws remain fertile ground for government enforcement as evaluate key issues for 2024. Late last year, the Wage Hour Division released guidance for new processes to ...