Company fined $650K for employing children to clean meat processing plants
A Tennessee-based sanitation company will be fined more than $500,000 after a federal investigation found it illegally employed at least 20 children to clean hazardous meat processing facilities in Iowa and Virginia. agreed to pay. The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that Fayette Janitorial Services LLC entered into a consent decree agreeing to a […]
‘Oppressive child labor’: DOL fines manufacturer for illegally employing migrant children to ‘operate dangerous machinery’
The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday fined a Tennessee manufacturer nearly $2 million for “employing children to operate dangerous equipment” and “requiring them to work longer hours than allowed by law.” press release This was revealed by his agency. A Department of Labor investigation found that 10 children were subjected to “oppressive child labor” […]