Laws governing the employer–employee relationship are extremely complex. Compliance costs and regulatory risks are high, and these costs are primarily borne by employees in the form of lower wages.

My name is Rachel Greszler. I am a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at The Heritage Foundation, and a visiting fellow in workforce at the Economic Policy Innovation Center. The ...

A devastating new investigation by the New York Times found migrant children across the United States working in dangerous jobs in violation of US child labor laws. There is more to this story. A ...