The fashion industry is one of the largest employers in the world, but it has a dark side. Many clothing brands rely on low-cost labor from developing countries, and unfortunately, child labor remains ...

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The Florida Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis this year approved two separate bills that affect the state’s child labor laws. Both specifically loosen regulations for minors aged 16 and up, and will ...

A Florida employment lawyer and policy analysts with the Florida Policy Institute warn that a new law affecting child labor protections on residential construction sites in Florida, effective July 1, ...

An Alabama manufacturing facility for automaker Hyundai illegally jointly employed a 13-year-old to work as many as 50 to 60 hours per week making auto parts between 2021 and 2022, a U.S. Department ...

INVESTIGATION STAND? >> YEAH, KYRA AND ALISON, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED THE TYSON FOODS PROCESSING FACILITIES IN ROGERS AND GREEN FOREST ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. AND ACCORDING TO ...

HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i (KITV) — A woman on the Big Island was indicted last week in connection to a child labor operation. Ludin Miranda, 26, was indicted by the Department of the Attorney General’s ...

Shake Shack will pay out nearly $250,000 for Massachusetts child labor law violations, Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced Tuesday. “Our child labor laws protect vulnerable young people as they ...

California’s AB 3234, which requires California employers to publicly disclose child labor findings and certain other information regarding voluntary labor compliance audits, will go into effect on ...

Jen Sherer, president of the Iowa City Federation of Labor, speaks Tuesday, July 16, 2024, during a roundtable discussion in Cedar Rapids on changes to Iowa's child labor laws. (Tom Barton/The Gazette ...