The Departments of Labor and Health & Human Services Team Up To Combat Child Labor

Last Week, The US Department of Labor and The US Department of Health & Human Services teamed-up and pledged to better coordinate and redouble their efforts to identify and eliminate child labor law violations in this country. 

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The agencies announced that their partnership in this matter had been formalized and protocols and procedures had been put into place to define the scope of the scope of responsibility for the various entities and offices involved. 

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Specifically, the agreement notes these cooperative efforts will seek to identify places and companies where illegal child labor is occuring, aiding investigations by supplying relevant data where it is needed, linking efforts to ensure proper care and support services are provided to all child labor victims that are uncovered. 

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You can read more about this project here.