At the height of California's harvest, during a critical farm labor shortage, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has asked immigration officials to stop cracking down on undocumented field workers ...

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According to the report, a recent audit commissioned by Reynolds American of their contractor farms found that 40 percent of the farms surveyed employ minors in violation of Federal child labor laws.

When the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act of 2019 was passed, farmworkers in the state became entitled for the first time to receive overtime pay starting in 2020.

A California farm labor contractor has been fined for rejecting a local worker in favor of a foreign agricultural guest, among other abuses, the U.S. Labor Department announced. Empire Farm Labor ...

Labor Department employees field calls from aid seekers in March 2020. The volume of claims overwhelmed the state's antiquated system, a state audit found.Credit: NYS Department of Labor ...

A federal investigation into Guatemalan children working in the U.S. in violation of child labor laws has expanded to include meatpacking and produce firms that have allegedly hired underage ...

Farmers across the U.S. are joining a push for national immigration reform that they say could ease labor shortages and lower food prices as surging production costs continue to rock the ...

Top U.S. solar panel maker First Solar on Tuesday said an audit of its manufacturing operations had uncovered unethical labor practices at its Malaysia factory, sending the company's shares down ...

At the height of California's harvest, during a critical farm labor shortage, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has asked immigration officials to stop cracking down on undocumented field workers ...