Lawmakers Demand Corporate Compliance with Child Labor Laws

Two Democratic senators are sending letters to 27 CEOs demanding responses on their companies' compliance with labor laws, following federal investigations into illegal child labor and media reports. The companies receiving letters include General Mills, Packers Sanitation Services Inc., JBS Foods, Hearthside Foods, J.Crew and Target. The letters note that according to federal labor laws, children can only work three hours a day on school days and 18 hours total each week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.