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 10 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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160Globally, 160 million children aged 5 to 17 are in child labor.
About half perform hazardous work that places their health, safety, or moral development at risk.
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70%Seventy 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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Advocacy+5
FLA at the 2025 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector
February 14, 2025 View FLA at the 2025 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector -
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Fair Labor Highlights — December 2024
December 12, 2024 View Fair Labor Highlights — December 2024 -
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FLA celebrates 25 years of history and progress with new publication
December 10, 2024 View FLA celebrates 25 years of history and progress with new publication