The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) sets federal child labor requirements, establishing a floor for maximum hours among ...

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 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 ...

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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 ...

Child labor is a significant global problem, particularly in the developing world. Businesses big and small can be part of the solution by ensuring their supply chains are completely free of child ...

Child labor, often thought of as a problem only in other countries, is making headlines in the United States following a wave of Republican-led efforts to roll back protections in several states, most ...

Should America's kids be sent to work? NBC News reports that Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) have sent letters to the CEOs of 27 companies asking about their compliance ...

As Florida Republicans look to relax child labor regulations at the behest of the construction and tourism industries, critics argue that the state’s capacity to enforce the law is lacking as it is, ...