According to data from the United Nations, there are an estimated 152 million children between 5 and 17 years old engaged in ...

Child labor ranges from four-year-olds tied to rug looms to keep them from running away, to seventeen-year-olds helping out on the family farm. In some cases, a child's work can be helpful to him ...

Child agricultural workers frequently work ... In the United States, girls are routinely subjected to sexual advances by farm labor contractors and field supervisors. If they refuse, they-and ...

One was a surge in child labor, as employers brought in the cheapest labor they could find during a tight job market. The Labor Department reported in October that it had found 5,792 minors who ...

The Child Labor Act, enforced by L&I’s Bureau of Labor ... Children under 14 can work only under specific circumstances, such as on a family farm, in domestic service (babysitting, yard work ...

The U.S. government found child labor violations involving over 3,800 minors in 2022. At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. Katherine Walts, director of ...