All of which creates a conundrum for policymakers. States should, indeed, pursue policies that promote the employment of young workers. At the same time, those workers require adequate protection.

The Biden administration in 2021 unveiled an initiative to kick-start smaller meatpackers and help the U.S. food system avoid supply shocks such as those during the Covid-19 pandemic, when ...

At a national scale, some economists project that mass deportation would shrink the overall economy and push wages downward ...

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Walz said around 60% of state employees already work in-person and did so through the entire COVID-19 pandemic. He said he was confident ... $1.5 million in fines for employing teenage workers at ...

"They're giving this money out to small meatpacking ... meat industry also say it's more susceptible to market disruptions, pointing to supply chain problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Meat and Poultry Special Investigators Act would create the “Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters” ...

Cornell researchers have created a computer model that can help produce farms and food processing facilities control COVID-19 outbreaks, keep workers safe and the food chain secure.