On Thursday, the Labor Department said it had fined a sanitation company, QSI, $400,000 for employing children to clean slaughterhouses in eight states, including a Tyson Foods plant in Virginia ...

The U.S. government found child labor violations involving over 3,800 minors in 2022. At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. Katherine Walts, director of ...

Brazilian meat major JBS’s US arm has signed an agreement with the American government to address child labour issues. JBS will provide $4m to assist individuals and communities “affected by ...

In addition to the establishment of the $4 million fund for victims of child labor, JBS will also hire a child labor compliance specialist to review policies and maintain an ethics hotline for ...

Trump administration’s push for a federal funding freeze is back in court All three of these announcements come just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but they follow a number of ...

Minister-designate for Labour, Jobs, and Employment Dr Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has said that protecting children from child labour will be a key priority under his leadership. Speaking during his ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share ACCOMAC, Va. (AP) — Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. In addition to the establishment of the $4 million fund for victims of child labor, JBS also will hire a child labor compliance specialist to review ...

Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom.