A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023,Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshirehad enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced similar measures. The laws generally make it easie...
Earlier this year, Arkansas weakened some child labor protections when Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law to make it easier for children under 16 to get hired. At least nine states have introduced laws that would allow children as young as 14 to serve alcohol, according to th...
While child labor laws are being increasingly violated, lawmakers and business groups in at least 11 states have sought to loosen those laws to help employers fill empty jobs because of labor shortages. The unemployment rate in the ...
Many states like Florida, Arkansas, and Iowa have beenrolling back child labor lawcausing news stories of instances ofbusinesses illegally using children in their workforce. In addition to these children who are being forced into work, the lack of community and governmental support for ...
Summary Minor labor laws are in place to provide safeguards that prioritize the health, well-being, and education of young employees. Child labor laws in the US are designated by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). Many states default to
Department of Labor (DOL) rules governing child labor on farms, from rural communities, agriculture advocacy groups, state and federal lawmakers. Arkansas rancher Dan Stewart claims the proposal would negatively affect the family farm and the love for farming needs to be instilled in children and ...
The accusations are that in Arkansas, Tyson Foods is using underage children to work in two of their factories. Court documents unsealed in the Western District of Arkansas reveal accusations of child labor at Tyson processing plants, which triggered searches by the U.S. Department of Labor.Ther...
The authors conducted a study, commissioned by the Child Labor Task Force of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet, of attitudes, opinions, and understandings of the Commonwealth's child labor laws and regulations. Questionnaires were distributed to businesses, unions, students, teachers, and parents. The ...
of child labor from cocoa production in Ghana, according to a new economic model described in a study published June 5, 2019 in the open-access journalPLOS ONEby Jeff Luckstead and Lawton L. Nalley from the University of Arkansas, USA, and Francis Tsiboe from Kansas State University, USA....
At the same time, local lawmakers are moving toloosen child labor protections. Some states, includingArkansas, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, have proposed legislation that would increase the number of hours teenagers could work. Representatives in those states argue that teens already stay out late ...