Child Labor

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has fined three movie theater companies a total of $277,000 for allowing workers under 16 to perform dangerous jobs and work long hours in violation of child labor laws. The theaters have paid the fines and...

The U.S. Labor Department has fined three of the nation's largest movie chains for violating child labor laws. The department says dozens of teenage workers in nine states (including Indiana) performed dangerous jobs or worked longer hours than allowed by...

Last week I wrote about the Kafkaesque defense that the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry was offering in connection with the work permits it issued for Kate Gosselin's 6-year-old kids. Read it here.Now comes this formal response from State Rep....

The Warners film “Dolphin Tale” being shot in Clearwater will have an open casting call for extras Sat. Sept. 11 at Ruth Eckerd Hall (the big concert hall at 1111 Booth McMullen Rd. ) in Clearwater. The casting call is from 11 to 5, and they'...

Former kid TV stars from "Little House on the Prairie" and "Lassie" are expected to testify Thursday in Harrisburg at a hearing on a bill designed to protect children working in reality TV shows like Kate Gosselin's "Kate Plus 8," which is filmed in...

Two moms who are regulars here at Z on TV traveled to Harrisburg last week for a a hearing on the bill by Rep. Thomas Murt to reform child labor laws in Pennsylvania. Of course, Pennsylvania is where Kate Gosselin's family lives and where TLC films...

Crystal Lake Showplace Stadium 16 was one of four Illinois movie theaters found to be violation of child labor laws in results of a more …...

— Long before Austin "Jack" DeCoster became a central figure in one of the largest egg recalls in history, he had paid more than $10 million in fines and lawsuit settlements, his eggs were banned in one state and quarantined in another, and he was...

Jon, Kate and their eight children have attracted a huge TV audience, screaming tabloid headlines and, now,a state labor investigation. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor says it's looking into whether the hit reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is...

In a cold dose of reality for reality TV, Pennsylvania's Labor Department has opened an investigation into whether the hit show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is complying with state child labor laws. The TLC series about two parents raising 8-year-old twins and 5-...

Jon Gosselin is accusing TLC of violating child labor laws. Of course he is. RadarOnline.com reports that his attorneys are painting him as "David versus Goliath" in their response to TLC’s request for a preliminary injunction against the reality TV.......

After a month-long public records investigation, Times staff writers Matea Gold and Richard Verrier found that dozens of children are appearing on reality television shows without legal safeguards because of widespread confusion among state regulators...