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There’s been a serious increase in child labor law violations in the US over the past few years. Well known companies, consumer-facing name brands, have been caught employing children for grueling work in dangerous conditions. 
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OAKLAND, California — Children as young as 13 worked illegally, female teen employees were subjected to sexually suggestive comments, and security guards contributed to violent mayhem at a Popeye’s fried-chicken restaurant in Oakland, newly filed worker complaints to state regulators claim.
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in 11 states have either passed or introduced laws to roll back child labor laws — a push that’s come from industry trade organizations and mostly conservative legislators as businesses scramble for low-wage workers.
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After the Labor Department descended on a sanitation firm operating at a Nebraska meatpacking plant, the company was fined for violating child labor laws. One of the minor workers has seen her life unravel.
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A sanitation company in the United States has paid $1.5 million in penalties for hiring over 100 children in "hazardous occupations" and having them work at meat processing facilities, the Department of Labor said Friday.
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A federal judge on Thursday granted a nationwide injunction against an industrial cleaning company, ordering the company to end its use of "oppressive child labor" after an investigation found it was employing dozens of children as young as 13—some of whom were injured while working...
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Some cocoa and coffee farms are taking advantage of impoverished children who are now out of school and forcing them to work.
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A federal investigation into Guatemalan children working in the U.S. in violation of child labor laws has expanded to include meatpacking and produce firms in at least 11 states.
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A McDonald's restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky had 10-year-olds working shifts that sometimes ended at 2 a.m., CNN reported Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Labor discovered the hours during an investigation into child labor law violations in the southeast.
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Child labor violations – including kids working night-shifts and with dangerous equipment – are rising in the US. Republicans want even fewer protections
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Changes lawmakers are seeking, such as expanding types of approved work, will potentially ‘put kids in dangerous situations’
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The agreement ends a public court battle, but the Department of Labor continues to investigate.
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Federal workplace regulators have fined San Jose food-delivery startup Locale $140,000 for employing more than six dozen teenaged drivers in violation of child-labor law.
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Chipotle has been hit with a $1.3 million fine over more than 13,000 child labor violations at its Massachusetts restaurants.
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