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The forever labor shortage is pitting parents and their childfree coworkers against each other
Childfree workers are sometimes left to pick up the slack of parents. They blame their employers.
Juliana Kaplan
3 mins read
The Biden administration just announced plans to crack down on more than 4,400 new cases of child labor in the US since October
The Labor Department announced measures to crack down on exploitative child labor in the US after a…
Noah Sheidlower
2 mins read
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill rolling back child labor laws in response to business owner complaints over labor shortages. Iowa's unemployment rate was under 3% last month.
The law allows 14- and 15-year-olds to participate in "light" manufacturing and older teens to serv…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
3 mins read
My kids are only 13 months apart. At first it was hard, but now I'm grateful I had them close together.
A small age gap between siblings is nice because they have each other to play with and navigate new…
Sarah Haselwood
2 mins read
The Chick-fil-A franchisee who paid workers in chicken is now being fined by the Department of Labor
The owner of a Chick-fil-A franchise who offered to pay workers in chicken was ordered by the Depar…
Mary Meisenzahl
4 mins read
I was a teen mom. Now I'm 44, my 2 kids are adults, and I have my life back.
Being a teen mom was hard. But now I'm 44, my kids are adults, and the upside is I have my life bac…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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Ruby Franke, sobbing at sentencing, blames child abuse on being 'deceived' into thinking the world was 'evil'
The disgraced momfluencer Ruby Franke was charged with child abuse last year. She was sentenced Tue…
Lindsay Dodgson,Natalie Musum…
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Subway and Burger King franchisees in South Carolina violated child-labor laws by letting minors work late shifts or too many hours, the labor department says
A Subway franchisee let more than a dozen employees aged 14 and 15 work past 9 p.m., the Department…
Grace Dean
3 mins read
Twelve Tribes, a fundamentalist Christian sect that has faced child abuse and child labor accusations, is now part of probe into massive Colorado wildfire
A Colorado sheriff confirmed Monday that an investigation into the Marshall wildfire will include a…
Michelle Mark
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A juice-factory owner in Bangladesh was arrested and charged with murder after 52 workers, including children as young as 11, died in a fire
A factory owner and his four sons were arrested after a fire at the factory killed 52 people. An ex…
Matthew Loh
4 mins read
As head of the Labor Department Julie Su has a tough task: filling the economy with good jobs. She's up for the challenge.
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su knows how important a good job is because one transformed her fa…
Juliana Kaplan
2 mins read
The US Department of Labor says a California McDonald's franchisee owes over $25,000 in child labor penalties
The Department of Labor says the restaurant allowed minors to operate trash compactors, which are c…
Mary Meisenzahl
1 min read
A Kroger store in Mississippi broke child labor laws by letting minors operate hazardous machinery, DOL says
Three stores in Portland operated by Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer also violated laws on hazardous m…
Grace Dean
3 mins read
Girl Scout Cookies contain palm oil sourced using child labor, new study reveals
Child labor from the palm industry in Southeast Asia is responsible for Girl Scout Cookies, as well…
Samantha Grindell
3 mins read
Iowa Republicans voted just before 5 a.m. to roll back child labor laws, letting teens work on packaging lines and serve alcohol
An Iowa state labor leader said it was a "disgrace" that the GOP-controlled Senate passed the bill …
Rebecca Cohen
3 mins read
3 ways to fix the vicious cycle that's disrupting childcare and making the labor shortage worse
The childcare industry could be key to the country's economic recovery - if it had enough workers t…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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The same year Clarence Thomas sent a child to a private boarding school on Harlan Crow's dime, a parent testified that the academy used children for free labor
A parent testified in a written letter to Congress that the Georgia boarding school's "environment …
Grace Eliza Goodwin
2 mins read
Ohio considers letting teenagers work later on school nights, following Wisconsin in easing child labor laws to deal with worker shortages
Ohio may allow some teenagers to work until 9pm on school nights, making the state the second to ro…
Kevin Shalvey
1 min read
9 Burger Kings in South Carolina broke child-labor laws by letting 14 and 15-year-olds work for too long, Department of Labor says
The franchisee breached laws on how late and how long minors aged 14 and 15 can work, the Departmen…
Grace Dean
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A children's newspaper in India is employing underprivileged kids to report on the COVID-19 crisis
Balaknama, or "children's journal" in Hindi, is helping to teach kids from the slums of Delhi journ…