Presently making its way through Florida’s Senate is Bill 918, which is aimed at loosening the state’s child labor laws in significant ways.

Florida lawmakers advance legislation allowing teenagers as young as 14 to work overnight shifts on school days. The proposal ...

Florida’s legislature is debating a bill that would allow children as young as ... Opponents warn that this could harm teens’ well-being and education, with some criticizing the proposal as ...

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Florida has cracked down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants for years, but that has created a problem, a lack of a sufficient number of available workers, and so the state has what it ...

BOSTON — The state’s attorney general has reached a settlement with the management of Merrimack Valley Dunkin’ Donuts locations for violations of state child labor laws. Attorney General ...

They are also not allowed to work at night. Dunkin', McDonald’s and Subway franchise owners broke child labor laws, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said April 15. The attorney ...

IN A STATEMENT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WROTE, AND I QUOTE, OUR CHILD LABOR LAWS EXIST TO PROTECT YOUNG WORKERS. MY OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THESE LAWS TO EMPOWER OUR YOUTH AND REMIND ...

Child labor ... by local laws. If evidence of wrongdoing is found, some said they would immediately cut ties with producers. “We aim to prevent and address the issue of child labor wherever ...

The Post reported about a lawsuit last year exploiting the labor law loophole that cost a pair of sisters, who own a Dairy Queen in Suffolk County, $780,000 and left them in financial ruin.

DEP is entitled to judgment as a matter of law because with no dispute of material fact, it has not violated the ESA." The year before the group sued, Florida had a record 1,100 manatee deaths in ...