The owners and operators of six Sonic Drive-In restaurants in northwest Nevada have paid more than $70,000 in civil penalties for allegedly violating federal child labor laws. Federal investigators in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed legislation that would have allowed employers to expand use of child workers, who ...

Before the advent of child labor laws, it was not uncommon for young children to work 10 hours or longer each day in dangerous or unclean conditions. Child labor laws are designed to protect the ...

NAMPA, Idaho — The U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday it fined Nampa-based company Stella's Ice Cream $321,015 for violating federal regulations, including child labor laws. According to the ...

Perdue Farms has agreed to pay $4 million in restitution to settle a federal investigation into alleged child labor violations at the company’s poultry processing plant on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. In ...

Reporting progress made to tackle child labour in its cocoa supply chain, Nestlé said it aims at eradicating the practice but added ‘going to 100% requires huge efforts’. In 2012, Nestlé partnered ...

My mother grew up on a family farm, the sixth of seven children who all helped my grandparents with a seemingly endless list of chores – yet also had plenty of time to play, read, and go to school.

The use of child labor has been the subject of federal law since the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. However, child labor laws go back more than a century earlier, to a Connecticut schooling law of ...

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, ...

A Catholic bishop in the Philippines is drawing attention to the ongoing problem of child labor in the country, urging a cooperative effort to eliminate the factors driving children into often ...

During this end-of-year holiday season, top of the presents wish list for many are cell phones, computers, tablets, portable power tools, wearable tech, or a myriad of other products with rechargeable ...