Minors as a Major Issue: Employers Face Growing Child Labor Compliance Challenges

June 12, 2024

One of the U.S. Department of Labor’s key areas of enforcement is child labor. There has been an 88% increase in child labor violations across DOL’s audits in the last five years. These developments have caught many unsuspecting employers by surprise, including in many industries that have not historically faced child labor violations.

In this webinar, Institute Co-Chair David Fortney and guest speaker Savanna Shuntich will cover:

• the basics of the FLSA’s child labor restrictions;
• how violations typically occur;
• the rapidly evolving state laws; and
• the explosion of DOL child labor audits and compliance challenges.

The webinar will also discuss how employers in a broad range of industries must exercise greater vigilance in employee selections, and greater oversight of the integrity of their supply chains in response to the child labor crisis that America is facing, including widespread child trafficking.

This webinar is intended for Institute Members and other federal contractors only.