Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law in 2023 that lets children under 16 work without official permission from their ...

In the past two years, lawmakers in at least 11 states have sought to loosen child labor laws to help employers fill empty jobs, even as federal officials and news investigations suggest that many ...

“If there is any matter upon which civilized countries have agreed …, it is the evil of premature and excessive child labor.” So said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in 1918, ...

Child labor laws have changed in several states this year with some states tightening restrictions on child labor and other states loosening their rules. California, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, and ...

Coming back soon? Children working as miners in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs that ...

Across the U.S., a new wave of legislation seeks to amend the rules for minor workers. Proponents argue that the trend aims to help employers cope with a talent shortage, but observers in and around ...

If there is a predictable outcome from the rollback of child labor laws now taking place in red states nationwide, it’s that a flood of injured children is on the way. We are now standing on the edge ...

THE Cotton with Decent Work project, implemented through cooperation between the governments of Tanzania and Brazil, has continued to register significant achievements in the fight against child ...