(The Center Square) - A new law introduced by a California congressman would raise the minimum legal age of child workers in agriculture from 12 to 17. The bill would update the original 1938 law ...
WASHINGTON — Despite rising child labor violations and new Senate demands to investigate the nation’s largest meat processor, the U.S. Department of Labor remains silent on whether it has the staff to ...
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.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A field of beans grows under the summer sun off Davenport Farm Road in Winterville, N.C., Aug. 3, 2025. Photo: Alan Wooten / The ...