Last month, the school's directors agreed to work on a child-labor radio project with the International Labor Organization.
It calculates a child-labor footprint for products that can be purchased online.
These retailers say they are aware of child-labor problems, have strict policies against selling products made by underage kids and abide by the laws of the countries from which they import.
One of the highest priorities at the U.S. Labor Department is to identify situations in which workers are erroneously considered not to be employees or other covered individuals for purposes of complying with minimum-wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements and child-labor restrictions of the FLSA and similar federal wage laws it enforces.
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So many things we take for granted came about because of the union movement -- minimum wage, 40-hour workweek, child labor laws -- you name it -- weekends -- a lot of these things came about because people were fighting for them.
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The fingers in question belonged to the trade magazine TV Week, which reported in a July 15 article that the show's brass had declared the production a "summer camp" rather than a place of work and took advantage of New Mexico's since-changed child labor laws, which were lenient when it came to television and theatrical productions.
Things got serious when scattered groups of self-described Black Block anarchists, wearing all-black outfits with handkerchiefs or hoods covering their faces, started to smash windows and trash businesses, giving special attention to companies such as the Gap and Nike that have been accused of using low-wage or child labor to produce some of their merchandise.
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This eventually translated into a series of government programs, such as state-funded primary and secondary schooling, the adoption of a five-day, forty-hour workweek, elimination of child labor, introduction of welfare and unemployment services, senior income support, workplace safety regulations, environmental regulations, and eventually some form of universal healthcare.
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The company has a code of conduct for its manufacturing partners prohibiting child labor, forced labor, or hazardous working conditions, and checks for compliance via regular third-party monitoring, he said.
In his opinion, for example, Roberts cites another confusing case from the 1920s where the Supreme Court first determined that a tax on factories that employed child labor was a tax for purposes of the Anti-Injunction Act.
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Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it would inspect 250 Chinese companies which make products for the South Korean firm to ensure no labor laws are broken after a U.S.-based group accused one of its suppliers of using child labor.
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On the flip side: If it employs child labor or dumps waste into rivers, it becomes vulnerable to lawsuits from socially-minded investors.
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Research reveals only a modest evolution in the division of household labor over the past 18 years -- mainly in the realm of child care, with more dads stepping up.
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Zabara while watching his wife use breathing techniques to control her labor pains during the birth of their first child in 1971 realized that the one-way theory might be wrong.
Most working mothers return to work within a year of having a child, according to the 2009 report, "Opting-Out: An Exploration of Labor Force Participation of New Mothers, " based on the American Community Survey three-year data file for 2005-2007.
New GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich has gotten into some hot water lately over his comment that child labor laws should be amended or even repealed to allow kids to earn money in school by cleaning bathrooms or working in the cafeteria.
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