The Center for American Progress’ data dashboard allows users to explore national- and state-level data trends on a range of child care and early learning topics. Read more and explore ...

Officials are discussing whether to add Temu and Shein to the Department of Homeland Security’s forced labor list, according ...

On Thursday, the Department said investigators found that another slaughterhouse cleaning company called QSI had employed 54 children at 13 meatpacking plants in eight states on overnight shifts ...

The deals, announced this week, are part of a flurry of child labor settlements that have ... Central American children have come to the United States alone and ended up in grueling jobs across ...

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It has been nearly a week since a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair near Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air ...

but the Labor Department said the company contracted with third-party service providers who employed children in dangerous jobs at facilities in four states. JBS said it does not tolerate child ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor said it entered an agreement ... of poultry catching operations across the United States. These investigations discovered that JBS ...

Child labor is on the uptick in the United States, according to the Labor Department, which has ramped up its enforcement of violations in recent years. In fiscal year 2024, the agency said it ...

We need Congress to come to the table, we need states to come to the table. This is a problem that will take all of us to stop,” he added. The DOL laid out nine new measures in their statement on ...

The U.S. government found child ... labor investigations underway, and officials are concerned about the exploitation of children, particularly migrants who may not even have a parent in the ...

In addition to the federal investigations some states got involved. Last fall, Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child ...