JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials announced this week.
A popular barbecue restaurant in Oklahoma City is accused of keeping thousands of dollars from its own employees.
The U.S. Department of Labor is allocating $25 million to support the future endeavors of incarcerated citizens before and after release.
Perdue Farms and a staffing agency will pay more than $4 million to settle claims that they employed children in hazardous jobs at a chicken processing facility in Virginia, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Wednesday.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of bills into law that impact Michigan's child labor, transit and education laws.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, got into a heated exchange at a House hearing Tuesday that culminated with Mace challenging Crockett by asking if she wanted to “take it outside.”
With not nearly enough Americans interested in ag work, farmers must spend thousands of dollars each year to bring in foreign workers legally on temporary visas
Despite his support for H-1B visas for skilled workers, Trump has benefited more from the H-2B visa program. According to CNN, most of the foreign guest workers employed by Trump’s businesses have come through the non-agricultural worker program.
A research firm contracted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a report on forced labor in the global supply chain, the role it plays in international trade and how the U.S. can prevent the importing of goods made by slaves.
The USDA projected that New York’s average egg price would stay high at $4.80 in the early part of the year, but gradually decrease to $2.35 per dozen by the end of 2025, up from an earlier forecast of $2.10 per dozen, CNBC reported.
The owner of six sandwich shop franchises located in different Central Massachusetts communities will be required to pay back wages to a dozen employees after the U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint against the stores for failing to pay the required overtime and failing to keep track of employee hours.