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.
Child labor in slaughterhouses spotlighted by 3 settlements this week
JSB and Perdue Farms agreed to settlements of $4 million each, while QSA, which employed 54 children, will pay $400,000.
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.
Leading meat processor will pay $4M to counter illegal child labor practices
JBS USA Food Co., a leading meat packing processor and slaughterhouse, will provide $4 million to address illegal child labor practices nationwide, according to a Monday announcement from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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.
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.
Child labor, charter school transparency, public transit among bills signed by Whitmer
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a series of bills into law that impact Michigan's child labor, transit and education laws.
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 ...
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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 ...
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Pope Francis calls for global commitment to eradicate child labor and exploitation
The Holy Father told groups of pilgrims attending his Jan. 15 general audience that they should be aware that millions of ...
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.
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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.
Perdue agrees to pay $4 million after children worked hazardous jobs, Labor Department says
The U.S. Labor Department says Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in hazardous occupations in Virginia.