Child labor
FLA’s Fair Labor Code mandates that no person shall be employed under the age of 15 or under the age for completion of compulsory education, whichever is higher.
According to the International Labour Organization, one out of 12 children worldwide are in child labor.
FLA is committed to upholding and advancing standards that condemn the use of child labor, hazardous work, and worst forms of child labor in the formal and informal sectors. Since its founding in 1999, FLA has worked to resolve labor rights issues from factories to farms in global supply chains.
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138Globally, 138 million children aged 5 to 17 are in child labor.
54 million perform hazardous work that places their health, safety, or moral development at risk.
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61%Sixty-one percent of child labor occurs in agriculture.
Often in family subsistence and commercial farming.
Child labor projects
Child labor resources
Child labor news from FLA
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Fair Labor Highlights — June 2025
June 26, 2025 View Fair Labor Highlights — June 2025 -
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FLA hosts briefing on ILAB's flagship reports
May 7, 2025 View FLA hosts briefing on ILAB's flagship reports -
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FLA President Jeff Vockrodt troubled by elimination of ILAB grants
April 8, 2025 View FLA President Jeff Vockrodt troubled by elimination of ILAB grants