Indiana's relaxed work rules for minors are part of a national trend aimed at helping businesses boost workforces and bottom ...

At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. Katherine Walts, director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children… In at least 10 states, legislators have ...

In India, Human Rights Watch looked at bonded child laborers working in agriculture as part of a larger study of bonded child labor. There are as many as 15 million bonded child laborers in India ...

By Ayesha ShabirSocial mobilization plays a pivotal role in addressing societal issues, particularly those related to human ...

The nation’s largest meatpacking company JBS USA Food Company will pay $4 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), in connection with the company’s use of child labor ...

Though Bangladesh has increased oversight and auditing in factories to reduce child labor, the study found that for every 15 ...

The fine for businesses that violate Iowa's child labor laws by having teens work too many hours or work too late at night have been lowered. The penalty had been $10,000, but has been lowered to ...

The 2015 labor law reform in Mexico, which raised the minimum working age from 14 to 15 and imposed strict penalties, led to ...

New child labor laws went into effect in Virginia at the start of the year, but some advocates say more can be done. House Bill 100 took effect in January, raising the maximum ...

A lawsuit by the family of a Spokane, Washington boy claims that the youth program the boy participated in, Ranch for Kids, abused and exploited the child for labor instead of helping him.