By Jonathan Stempel July 23 (Reuters) - Lindt has been sued in a U.S. court over its alleged use of child labor in Ghana and ...

ADDIS ABABA, June 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations says child labour is on the rise for the first time in 20 years, with millions more young people at risk of becoming child ...

Reporting progress made to tackle child labour in its cocoa supply chain, Nestlé said it aims at eradicating the practice but added ‘going to 100% requires huge efforts’. In 2012, Nestlé partnered ...

More than 30 signatories that own shares—including the Illinois state treasurer and the New York City comptroller—sent a letter to the McDonald's board Friday calling out the Labor Department's ...

At the end of a hectic day of work, many people in Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste, choose to spend a few minutes of relaxation by the beach area. Ano and his friends, all in third grade, also ...

ADDIS ABABA, June 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Child labour has risen for the first time in 20 years, the United Nations said on Thursday, with one in 10 children in work worldwide and millions ...

As local economies grapple with a tightening labor market, some state legislatures are looking to relax child labor protections to help employers meet hiring needs. It’s part of a persistent trend in ...

In 2020, the world marked a rise in child labor for the first time in two decades. Additionally, with the coronavirus pandemic upending economies and closing schools, the United Nations believes by ...

Every year, on June 12, World Day Against Child Labour is an occasion to promote awareness of child labour exploitation around the world and call for action. This day is an opportunity for us to ...

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 the ...

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat registered 127 child labour cases during 2022 and 2023 but secured only two convictions against employers, ...

The owners and operators of six Sonic Drive-In restaurants in northwest Nevada have paid more than $70,000 in civil penalties for allegedly violating federal child labor laws. Federal investigators in ...