The Biden administration just announced plans to crack down on more than 4,400 new cases of child labor in the US since October

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Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su.

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A growing number of US states are working to loosen child labor laws so your next bartender could be an underage teenager

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There are seven states that have enacted bills that lower the legal age to serve alcohol.

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Iowa Republicans voted just before 5 a.m. to roll back child labor laws, letting teens work on packaging lines and serve alcohol

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The Iowa bill would allow teens to work longer hours, take jobs on assembly lines, and serve alcohol.

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A Comfort Inn hotel in Tennessee employed 2 children under the age of 12, the labor department says

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A 15-year-old suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer at a McDonald's restaurant in Tennessee, the Labor Department says

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A 15-year-old McDonald's worker suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer, the DOL said.

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Ohio lawmakers want kids to work longer hours, saying it'll keep them off TikTok

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Proposed law in Ohio may limit the amount of time high school students spend on social media apps like TikTok.

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McDonald's locations in Pennsylvania broke child labor laws, with kids under 16 operating deep fryers, Labor Department says

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McDonald's locations in Pennsylvania employed more than 150 children in violation of federal law, according to the US Department of Labor.

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Sanitation company pays $1.5 million penalty for hiring children for 'hazardous' factory work like cleaning beef bone saws, officials say

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A company was fined for employing dozens of underage children.

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Instead of paying adults more, some states might let companies hire kids as young as 14 to fill the labor shortage

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Boys folding boxes for Rowntrees Nux Chocolates in the packing department, Rowntree factory, York. Yorkshire, 1940. (Photo by Borthwick Institute/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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