Child Labor

Government Web Site

• Child Labor Rules from elaws
• State Labor Laws from Employment Standards Administration
• Youth at Work from EEOC
• Youth Rules! from Department of Labor

Child Labor in the United States

• Child Labor : Characteristics of Working Children
  WOO Docs GA 1.13:HRD-91-83 BR
• Child Labor : Increases in Detected Child Labor Violations Throughout the United States
  WOO Docs GA 1.13:HRD-90-116
• Child Labor in Agriculture: Changes Needed to Better Protect Health and Educational Opportunities
  WOO Docs GA 1.13:HEHS-98-193
• Effect of the Fair Labor Standards Act on Amish Families
  WOO Docs Y 4.ED 8/1:105-94
• Protecting America's Youth in a Modern Economy: Child Labor in the United States
  WOO Docs Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG.105-601
• Report on Child Labor in Mexico and the United States
  WOO Docs L 36.2:C 43
• Report on the Youth Labor Force
  WOO Docs L 1.2:Y 8/10

Legislation

• Child Labor Act of 1990
  WOO Docs Y 4.L 11/4:S.hrg.101-932
• Child Labor Amendments of 1991
  WOO Docs Y 4.L 11/4:S.hrg.102-201
• Hearings on the Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act
  WOO Docs Y 4.Ed 8/1:101-115
• H.R. 2678, the International Child Labor Elimination Act of 1997
  WOO Docs Y 4.IN 8/16:C 43/2

Child Labor Internationally

• The Apparel Industry and Codes of Conduct : A Solution to the International Child Labor Problem?
  WOO Docs L 29.2:AP 1
• By the Sweat and Toil of Children : The Use of Child Labor in American Imports
  WOO Docs Microfiche L 29.2:SW 3
• Child Labor and the New Global Marketplace : Reaping Profits at the Expense of Children?
  WOO Docs Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG.103-806
• Forced Labor : The Prostitution of Children
  WOO Docs L 29.2:C 43
• The Impact of Child Labor on Free Trade
  WOO Docs Y 4.IN 8/16:C 43/3
• International Child Labor Problems
  WOO Docs L 29.16:C 43/2
• International Child Labor Study
  WOO Docs L 29.16:IN 8/2
• Public Hearing on International Child Labor
  WOO Docs L 29.2:H 35/(
• Public Hearings on International Child Labor
  WOO Docs L 29.2:H 35/2/ V.1

Watch Groups

• Child Labor from Human Rights Watch
• Child Labor Coalition
• Child Workers in Asia
• Free the Children
• Global March Against Child Labor

Non-Governmental Organizations

• American Federation of Teachers Child Labor Resources
• Child Labor: Issues, Causes and Interventions
• Child Soldiers
• Children's Rights Information Network
• International Federation of Free Trade Unions' Child Labor Page
• International Labor Organization
• State of the World's Children Report 2003 (from UNICEF)
• Understanding Children's Work
• UNESCO
• Working Child