The Trump administration has plans to immediately end U.S.-backed programs that combat child labor, forced labor and other abuses in dozens of countries around the world. John Clark, a Trump-appointed ...

Tropical Grille restaurant group has paid out more than $700,000 in back pay and fines after a federal investigation found ...

Children trafficked for their labor often work in public view in restaurants, laundromats, agricultural fields and water parks, but little has been known about their plight. A new study co-authored by ...

Ten years ago, if you told Sanita Lama and Jaya Bhandari, two former child laborers, that one day they'd be sitting in Tufts' Hillel talking about their lives, they wouldn't have believed you. In fact ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Veronica Goodman is the senior director for workforce development policy at the Center for American Progress, a left-of-center think tank in Washington. The views expressed in this ...

The low-paying fast food industry has driven the surge in violations of child labor laws, with teens working longer and later than permitted under federal law. (iStock/halbergman) One of the largest ...

Child labor is back. What will we do about it? A dark shadow from America's past is re-emerging. The U.S. Labor Department's shocking revelation of a 37% increase in child labor violations isn't just ...