The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act), HR 3564, would ensure that all working children are protected equally. It would: Apply the same age and hour requirements to children [...]

The charter is the only regional treaty in the world which addresses the issue of child soldiers. It was adopted by the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union) and came into force [...]

This convention was adopted on 16 June 1999 and came into force on 19 November 2000. It commits each state which ratifies it to “take immediate and effective measures to secure the [...]

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights—civil, cultural, economic, political and social [...]

Posted on: http://hr.blr.com A Houston sheet metal fabricator and manufacturer has paid $16,500 in penalties after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found six underage children [...]

Published on : 6 May 2010 – 12:13pm | By Marijke Peters Hundreds of thousands of children as young as seven are working in the US agricultural sector, a new study has found. The United [...]

From: http://money.howstuffworks.com The Act requires employers to pay at least the federal minimum wage and 1.5 times the regular rate of pay for overtime. It also contains provisions regarding [...]

Hazardous child labour is the largest category of the worst forms of child labour with an estimated 126 million children, aged 5-17, working in dangerous conditions in sectors as diverse as [...]