Increased accountability for child labor violations and mandatory annual reporting.
This bill aims to strengthen enforcement against illegal child labor by amending the Fair Labor Standards Act. The most significant change is the introduction of a mandatory annual report to Congress detailing all child labor violations, including fatalities, serious injuries, and criminal prosecutions. This provides citizens with greater transparency regarding the scale of child labor issues and the government's enforcement efforts across various industries.
Key points
Change in enforcement period: The bill amends Section 12(a) of the FLSA by striking 'thirty' and inserting '90' (This is interpreted as a change in the period related to the prohibition of shipping goods produced with child labor, aiming to increase accountability).
Mandatory Annual Reporting: The Secretary of Labor must submit a detailed annual report to Congress on all child labor law violations, including the number of complaints, concluded investigations, penalties assessed, and demographic data of affected children.
Data Transparency: Reports must include specific data on violations, disaggregated by industry, the number of children involved, and crucially, the number of violations that resulted in the death or serious injury of a child employee.
Criminal Prosecution Tracking: The reports will track the number of individuals charged and convicted for criminal child labor violations, including their age, sex, and relationship to the child employee.
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