Child labor in the U.S. agriculture and meat processing sectors has reached alarming levels, with estimates suggesting that between 300,000 and 500,000 children are working in agriculture alone.

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Under a consent order and judgment approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on Nov. 27, 2024, Qvest LLC must pay $171,919 in child labor civil money penalties, hire a ...

Hundreds of ongoing investigations. The Labor Department has more than 1,000 open child labor investigations it is pursuing. And every one of these settlements includes a set of standards for ...

The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a ...

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry said the Smithfield plant in St. James, Minn., employed 11 minors between the ages of 14 and 17 in violation of state child labor laws. Gift Share ...