Employers Liable When Contractors Exploit Child Labor, DOL Warns

A new child labor enforcement initiative from the Biden administration is putting pressure on employers to reconsider their contract relationships, with the US Department of Labor vowing to go after all companies benefiting from child exploitation.

The practice of subcontracting out specific jobs or projects is often seen in the business community as a way to limit a company’s legal liabilities. But subcontracting firms caught violating child labor laws have put large US companies in legal and reputational trouble as they get caught up in a new crackdown from the US Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.

Last ...