As some states look to roll back child labor laws, House lawmakers seek to better protect children working in agriculture through a bill that would raise the minimum age to 14.

DHS said the law enforcement activity was part of an investigation into immigration and potential child labor violations.

The exemptions for child labor in agriculture put children's health, safety, and education at risk. Nationally, at least one third of child farmworkers never graduate from high school.

Meanwhile, a child labor agricultural law signed this year in Missouri makes it legal for children under 16 to work on a farm owned or operated by a relative or, with parental consent, on any ...

The Child Labor Exploitation Accountability Act, spearheaded by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and co-sponsored by Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont, would prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

CHICAGO -- An international plant science federation representing six major seed producers has outlined new tactics to help combat the problem of child labor in agriculture. CropLife International ...

QUICK FIX — Democratic lawmakers are pushing for child labor law enforcement measures under the next farm bill. — The Environmental Protection Agency said John Deere was potentially violating ...

Click here to read the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the US Department of Labor’s summary of exceptions for agriculture. NBC Bay Area found dozens of other children like Ralph.

The first proposed changes to federal child labor laws involving agriculture since the 1970s could threaten the summer detasseling jobs of thousands of Nebraska teenagers in cornfields.

President Obama’s child agricultural labor protections act was tabled in 2012. A stalled 2013 North Carolina bill would have prohibited children younger than 14 from work for hire in agriculture.

July 13, 2023; Child Labor in America Is Back—and It’s As Chilling as Ever Child Labor in America Is Back—and It’s As Chilling as Ever It should be a reminder of how deeply retrogressive ...

As all members of a family usually join seasonal agricultural labor, children's employment continued in this season despite the measures for the pandemic, the association has stated. Child labor in ...