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Child Labor related news from around the world
Today is the Day to Think about the Plight of the World’s 300,000 Child Soldiers
Today is an important day if you care about the welfare of children. Advocates have named February 12 “International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers” to highlight one of the worst forms of child labor. It’s hard to imagine that in 2013 the use of child soldiers is alive and thriving, but the BBC [...]
Child Labor Coalition Announces Top 10 Child Labor Stories of 2011
List Points to Some of 2012’s Child Labor Priorities Washington, DC—Advocates from the Child Labor Coalition (CLC), a group representing more than two dozen organizations concerned with protecting working youth, has released a list of the top ten child labor stories from 2011. The list represents international and American issues in child labor that received [...]
DOL on its Proposed Child-Safety Rules for U.S. Agriculture
In September 2011, the Department of Labor proposed a rule to increase protections for workers age 15 and younger who are employed in agriculture. There are many misconceptions about how the rule would affect young agricultural workers. Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Nancy Leppink answers three pressing questions about it. Why was [...]
New Law in Chile Targets Street Beggars
WRITTEN BY STEVE SHEA [The Santiago Times, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011] Parents who exploit children could face up to three years in jail. Sen. Carlos Bianchi recently proposed a new law that would seek to discourage adults from using children to beg for money on the street. The law would carry a prison term of [...]
Tighter Child-Labor Rules on Farms Proposed
By SCOTT KILMAN [from The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 32, 2011] The U.S. Labor Department proposed Wednesday to increase for the first time in four decades its list of jobs too hazardous for hired hands age 15 and younger to do on the farm, long one of the most dangerous places in America for children [...]
