The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won’t hire underage workers again.

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.

The U.S. Department of Labor said it entered an agreement with JBS USA in which the meatpacker will provide $4 million to assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Labor is allocating $25 million to support the future endeavors of incarcerated citizens before and after release.

JBS USA Food Co., one of the nation's largest meatpacking processors and slaughterhouses, has agreed to a joint initiative with the U.S. Labor Department t

Immigration in Iowa promises state, communities growth, projection shows. But the road's rocky, paved with tragedy, concern about worker exploitation.

The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with a Chattanooga cleaning contractor that requires the employer to pay $400,000 in civil money penalties, monitor and audit policies to prevent the employment of children in dangerous jobs, and maintain a toll-free number for reporting concerns about the illegal employment of children.

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

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.

Investigators reportedly found that JMP Pizza Inc. allowed three children to work longer and later hours than laws permit.

A storm pipe cleaning, maintenance employer could have prevented the death of a 24-year-old worker at a worksite last year in Port St. Lucie, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.