Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, on Labor Day, we devote our attention to a subset of the American population who ...

A year after loosening child labor laws and two years after penalizing businesses that hired undocumented immigrants, Florida is now looking at removing all work restrictions on 16- and 17-year-olds ...

The push comes a year after lawmakers started rolling back some work restrictions last year when they extended the hours 16 and 17-year-olds could work while school is in session. Under this year’s ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Several states are increasingly relaxing child labor laws, as studies show labor violations on the rise and teens are being injured at work. Since the pandemic, it’s now easier in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 3646, the Child Labor Law of 2024, Tuesday which updates child labor regulations by repealing the existing statute and ...

Youth work permits, which outline the potential hours and work duties for a minor worker, help prevent child labor violations, according to an analysis of U.S. Department of Labor data conducted by ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing ...

A Florida House panel has approved a bill that would allow certain 13-year-olds to begin working. It would also get rid of restrictions on the number of hours per week that older teenagers can work ...

Proposals going through the Florida legislature removing several child labor protections were just amended to allow some 13-year-olds to work. The legislature last year passed policy allowing 16- and ...

Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham of Winter Harbor claims the case is politically motivated, while state investigators cite child labor violations and fines.

It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, on Labor Day, we devote our attention to a subset of the American population who should not be working, or at least not working in jobs that are entirely ...