Child Labor: Characteristics of Working Children
HRD-91-83BR
Published: Jun 14, 1991. Publicly Released: Jun 14, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined: (1) the economic and demographic characteristics of child workers; (2) the number of serious injuries sustained by children detected the Department of Labor as being illegally employed; and (3) Labor's policy with regard to penalizing employers illegally employing children who sustain serious injuries and to child labor violations generally.
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