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 can be paid less than Ohio’s full minimum wage. DeWine, late Wednesday ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The children, all from Nazigo sub-county in Kayunga District, were being ferried on a Dyna truck to Bbaale County, where they were taken to do manual work. The police in Kayunga District have rescued ...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has estimated that 218 million children between the ages of five and seventeen work in developing countries. Of these, 122.3 million children work in the ...

Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- thirds of child labourers in Bangladesh are employed in industrial and factory settings, exposing them to serious health and safety risks, a report said on Wednesday.