A new child advocacy center, which supports children who have been victims of abuse, has officially started its operations in Columbia. The center is set to serve children across 11 counties. The ...

An investigation by the New York-based NGO Transparentem revealed widespread child labor across 90 cotton producers in India.

Andy Archer did not know what was going to come first: a raise from a new union contract or the birth of his first child. The ...

The Columbia Police Department (CPD) responded to a reported shooting near the 5400 block of South Bethel Church Road on Feb.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) says he supports penalties for corporations that hire undocumented immigrants for cheap labor, as state leaders prepare to assist the federal government in immigration ...

If approved, the District of Columbia would join 13 states and two ... the CEO of the National Consumers League and Chair of its Child Labor Coalition, spoke to WTOP about the dangers of child ...

Columbia City Council during its regular meeting ... The first order of business is meeting with labor groups that represent a large swath of city employees. This includes the laborer's union ...

GREELEY — Greeley-based JBS USA Food Co. has reached a $4 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor over for child-labor violations. The Jan. 13, 2025, agreement requires JBS to hold its ...

The company also agreed to a list of other actions, including hiring a child labor compliance specialist and requiring child labor violation training to all of its third-party providers. The agreement ...

Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have been affected by increased volatility, resulting from smaller achieved sample sizes, meaning that estimates of change should be treated with additional caution ...

This is the period comparable with our Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates. The early estimate of payrolled employees for December 2024 decreased by 47,000 (0.2%) on the month and decreased by 8,000 ...

A Labour MP has said he wants to see the government introduce free school meals as a means to tackle child poverty, once the economy improves. The policy was ruled out by Prime Minister Keir ...