A West Virginia couple has been sentenced to decades in prison for abusing and enslaving their Black adopted children, forcing them to perform heavy labor and endure inhumane conditions. Donald […] ...

Donald Lantz, 62, was sentenced to 160 years in prison after being found guilty of forced labor, human trafficking, child ...

Senate passed legislation would allow 14-, 15-year-olds to work later on school nights, pending federal changes.

The current law permits 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. when school is not in session. Senate Bill 50 would allow those students to work until 9 p.m. year-round.

Issues around the cost of and access to child care disproportionately impact women. While 79% of women and 84% of men without ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, suggesting the labor ...

Almost every country has committed to preventing child labor, but the issue persists through entrenched systemic drivers: the ...

A US obstetrician-gynaecologist has cast serious doubt on a high-profile child abuse conviction, asserting the main injuries sustained by the baby were the result of trauma suffered during labour and ...

Labor groups said working conditions had not changed enough to warrant the removal. The company is partly owned by donors to ...

The 99% chance the U.S. Federal Reserve was going to hold interest rates steady as recession fears rose became a certainty.

The production makes it clear that this is an opera about the fraught class dynamics of childcare, where the potential for exploitation is ever-present.

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