As Ohio lawmakers consider weakening child labor protections, evidence from other states shows alarming increases in ...
I am hoping for some brave, progressive choices informed by fairness and a commitment to fixing our broken public services ...
Legislators have passed a bill allowing 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. year-round, even during the school year, while paying them less than the state minimum wage. The legislation has ...
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Ending child labor in PH

The Marcos administration has set quite an ambitious target to eradicate child labor, particularly in the fishing and aquaculture sectors, within three years. The good news is, the number of working ...
The world is set to boost efforts to stop children working as 2021 marks the International Year for the Elimination of Child ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Ohio legislature has voted to allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. on school nights, for $3.45 less per hour than adults get paid. We’re talking about valuing profits ...
Since the coronavirus forced his school to close in March, Papin has been working six days a week at a diamond mine in the ...
The state can’t make the change without the federal government rolling back an almost 90-year-old law, the Fair Labor ...
Laura Trott argues Bridget Phillipson ‘would rather teach children about climate change than how to read and write’ ...
Trump administration shifted the Department of Education's power Tuesday by signing a handful of interagency agreements as it ...
Labor is pumping $37m into a national system to help authorities learn if any Working With Children Check (WWCC) holders ...
Among the witnesses that day was a 31-year-old social worker named Frances Perkins. She stood frozen, unable to look away as ...