Meatpacking giants to pay $8 million for child labor violations
JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials announced this week.
Labor Department fines more slaughterhouses for child labor
The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won’t hire underage workers again.
Perdue agrees to pay $4 million for child labor violations at Accomac plant
The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. to address child labor violations at its Accomac, Virginia plant.
US Labor Department enters deal with JBS to assist those affected by child labor
The U.S. Department of Labor said it entered an agreement with JBS USA in which the meatpacker will provide $4 million to assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices nationwide.
JBS USA Food agrees to help the Labor Department crack down on child labor
JBS USA Food Co., one of the nation's largest meatpacking processors and slaughterhouses, has agreed to a joint initiative with the U.S. Labor Department t
Chattanooga company must pay $400,000 penalty for child labor violations
A Chattanooga-based cleaning contractor must pay a $400,000 penalty after an investigation found the company employed children on overnight sanitation shifts.
Labor Department Puts Spotlight on Child Labor in Slaughterhouses With 3 Settlements This Week
The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a pena
Slaughterhouses Settle 3 Child Labor Cases With Feds
Agribusiness giants Purdue Farms and JBS Foods, along with a slaughterhouse cleaning company, paid about $8.4 millions in fines for having underaged workers in dangerous jobs.
3rd company fined for using child labor
The problem of children working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won't hire underage workers again.
Perdue Farms, Labor Department ink $4 million deal in child labor investigation
Perdue Farms and a staffing agency will pay more than $4 million to settle claims that they employed children in hazardous ...
Prioritise child poverty, Labour council tells PM
Labour councillors in Leicester have called on the government to prioritise child poverty and abolish the two-child benefit ...
Teenager describes tumultuous life at trial of adoptive parents accused of neglect and forced labor
A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed at her West Virginia home led to the arrest of her adoptive parents has taken the ...
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Little Caesars in Michigan fined $26K for violating child labor laws
JMP Pizza Inc. allowed minors to operate dangerous equipment and allowed 15-year-olds to work past 7 p.m. on school nights.
Little Caesars store had kids working too late, too long, US Labor Department says
Federal officials said five children were involved in the violations at a Farmington Hills location on 11 Mile.
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Perdue Farms commits funds to combat child labour in wake of probe
The poultry processor has reached an agreement with the Department of Labor, which alleged third-party use of minors.
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West Virginia Couple on Trial for Child Labor
In Charleston, West Virginia, the trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz has commenced amid harrowing ...