Child labor remains a pressing problem not only in the Philippines but in the world. In 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported an estimated 1.09 million working children aged 5 to 17 ...
The Bangsamoro government will intensify this year its programs promoting the welfare of workers and prevention of child labor in all cities and provinces in the autonomous region, regional officials ...
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 ...
Brazilian meat major JBS’s US arm has signed an agreement with the American government to address child labour issues. JBS will provide $4m to assist individuals and communities “affected by ...
The deals, announced this week, are part of a flurry of child labor settlements that have come in the last days of the Biden administration, which has been cracking down on the practice.
The children were hired through Staff Management Solutions, which was fined $125,000 for the child labor allegations, according to the Labor Department. The agreement with JBS USA, based in ...
and secured a separate agreement with temporary staffing agency Staff Management Solutions LLC and SMX LLC, collectively referred to as “SMX,” to address child labor violations found in an ...
All three of these announcements come just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, but they follow a number of other child labor investigations in the meatpacking industry in the ...