JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials announced this week.

The poultry processor has reached an agreement with the Department of Labor, which alleged third-party use of minors.

Perdue Farms and a staffing agency will pay more than $4 million to settle claims that they employed children in hazardous ...

New laws taking effect on January 1 in four states would crack down on companies using child labor laws or violating already-existing laws, while one state loosened its child labor laws.

During the address, the Pope decried the widening social divide that has left many children even more vulnerable to ...

"We have zero tolerance for any form of child labor, and we have taken action to ensure no minors perform work in or have access to our facilities." The spokesperson told ABC News that the ...

“There is no single enforcement action or lawsuit that will stop unlawful child labor, but strong enforcement coupled with ...

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 ...

Perdue Farms will pay restitution to the children, organizations advocating for child labor victims ... disagreed with the Labor Department's findings and that "there are no admissions in the ...

and there are no admissions in the agreement to the contrary, Perdue recognized that a prolonged dispute with the Department of Labor did nothing to address the child labor crisis." The agreement ...