Injury rates almost doubled among workers under 18 between 2011 and 2020, the report said. The Fair Labor Standard Act, passed by Congress in 1938, authorized some restrictions on child labor.

Child labor ranges from four-year-olds tied to rug ... use machetes to cut cane for up to nine hours a day in the hot sun; injuries to their hands and legs are common and medical care is often ...

Almost every country has committed to preventing child labor, but the issue persists through entrenched systemic drivers: the ...

Injuries and Disabilities ... Only a tiny fraction of child labor violations are ever uncovered by the Department of Labor, and penalties are typically too weak to discourage employers from ...

said when she signed her state's new child labor law in May that it would "allow young adults to develop their skills in the workforce." The law limits employer liability for the injury ...

An Olympia area timber business has been fined $114,300 by the state Department of Labor and Industries ... that a then-17-year-old worker was injured on the job, fracturing his foot as he ...

A couple in north-east Pakistan has been detained on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old girl who worked for them as a maid, for allegedly stealing chocolates. The girl who goes only by one name, ...