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How Does FMLA Work and What Should I Know About Hiring Minors for Seasonal Work?

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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave each year. In addition, employers must maintain employees’ group health benefits during the leave as if employees continued to work instead of taking leave.  Also, employees are also entitled to return to their same or an equivalent job …

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Trump’s pick for Education Secretary worked with an organization advocating child labor

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Donald Trump’s selection for Secretary of Education, billionaire voucher advocate Betsy DeVos, has made her imprint on policy through large donations to extremist conservative groups, including the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. In addition to being a donor, DeVos has served on Acton’s Board of Directors for 10 years. The Institute …

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Got a T-Shirt? Chances Are Child Labor Was Involved

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Cotton production involves the most child labor and forced labor in the world, according to the 2014 “List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor” by the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Overall, 126 goods are produced annually by child labor and 55 goods produced through forced labor. Most of …

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Two Leading Labor Activists Receive Global Recognition for Work

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Activists’ hard work fighting for workers’ rights often goes unrecognized. This week, however, two leading labor activists received global recognition for their defense of vulnerable workers and innovative organizing and advocacy campaigns. The AFL-CIO applauds our long-standing partners Kailash Satyarthi and Alejandra Ancheita. Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to eradicate …

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Financing Forced Labor in the Cotton Fields of Uzbekistan

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To most families in the United States, early September means back to school and heading to the football or soccer fields. To Uzbekistan’s families, September means the government forces many adults and children into the fields to pick cotton. Since this year’s harvest began, three young people have died. The youngest was a six-year-old boy, …

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Citing ‘Tradition,’ Big Ag Fights Reforms for Child Farmworkers

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Advocates push for stronger protections during National Farmworker Awareness Week “[When I was 12] they gave me my first knife. Week after week I was cutting myself. Every week I had a new scar. My hands have a lot of stories.” –17-year-old boy who started working at age 11 in Michigan (Human Rights Watch) America’s …

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South Africa’s World Cup Brims with Broken Promises

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South Africa is the center of world this week, kicking off the first-ever World Cup Games on the African continent. But as the cameras pan across green fields and lavish festivities, labor activists are keeping their eye on the ball. According to a report on soccer ball manufacturing from the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), …

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Working Away Their Childhoods: Young Farmworkers Robbed of Rights

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As kids around the country look forward to the start of summer break, it’s easy to forget that their mid-year vacation is actually curious relic of an earlier time, when children took time off to help out on the farm. Still, even in the post-industrial age, today’s farm sector continues to put kids to work, …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.

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