Child labor laws will change in five states in 2025, with Indiana and Illinois passing the most far-reaching of these new laws. New laws taking effect on January 1 in four states would crack down ...

MORE: Despite hazardous working conditions, many states are rolling back child labor laws The Labor Department is also investigating whether Midway Staffing, an agency that hired employees to work ...

JBS USA Food Co., a leading meat packing processor and slaughterhouse, will provide $4 million to address illegal child labor practices nationwide, according to a Monday announcement from the U.S ...

The deals, announced this week, are part of a flurry of child labor settlements that have come in the last days of the Biden administration, which has been cracking down on the practice.

The Labor Department and other federal agencies in recent years have moved to crack down on the use of child labor amid reports that it has become rampant in some industries, including meat ...