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 ...

An internal city audit found the Roanoke Police Department overspent a grant by nearly $100,000, youth mentors did not undergo full background checks before working with children, and there were ...

Child labor sounds as if it belongs to a long ago era, but for 138 million children it is a daily routine. "These are children who work under the hot sun in farms, tending crops when they should be in ...

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 fashion industry is one of the largest employers in the world, but it has a dark side. Many clothing brands rely on low-cost labor from developing countries, and unfortunately, child labor remains ...

The Illinois Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the Lockport McDonald's on Ninth Street.

Now that the Milan Cortina Olympics have officially ended, the Olympic torch has officially been passed to Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Games. The Columbus Division of Police will soon be expanding ...

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 ...

Indiana will no longer track where teens under 18 years old are working, further unraveling guardrails aimed at ensuring compliance with child labor laws and protecting minors from labor exploitation.

A year after lawmakers relaxed the state’s child labor laws, a divided Florida Senate panel on Tuesday gave initial approval to a measure that would further roll back work restrictions for kids as ...

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