May 9, 2024

Li Roq Ruq'il li Awab'ejilal chi rix li K'anjelak kixtaweb' li kok'aleb’ chi k’eb’ileb’ chi k'anjelak chi mak’a’eb’ xlisenseb’ sa' li xiwxiw k'anjel, kixk'ul $4.8 millones chi tumin re xtojb'aleb', re lix k'ajkamunkileb' li xek'anjelak chaq sa' li ninqi

WASHINGTON – Sa' jun reheb' li jwal nimla sumk'uub' re li muxek sa' li tojleb' li maajunwa' chaq kik'ulman choq reheb' li nakek'anjelak sa' li ninqi k'ay re kaxlan re Estados Unidos, jun li raqleb'aal aatin re li awab'ejilal sa' li tenamit Los Angeles kixk'e jun li taql raqb'a aatin li naxtaqla xyeeb'al re li Fu Qian Chen Lu, li Bruce Shu Hua Lok ut wankeb'

May 9, 2024

Tojo Ja te aq´until ite´ junjen k’wal nchi aq’nin toj ex a’ kyaq´un mya b´a´n, nkykanb’en $4.8 millones ti´je chojelb’il ex tzma toj nim tnam te California.

WASHINGTON – Tojo jni’ kawb’il tz’ib’in te chojb’il jni’ nb’an, qa at nya’ b’an xb’an ku’un xjal b’ajxa o chi tzyet kye aq’unal  Estados Unidos b’i’nl te tqa’nil qa nya’ b’a’n jun ti’ xb’an  Estados Unidos, o tzaj q’um’an  Los Ángeles ex o b’ant jun o b’an jun ‘un te tz’yb’ajtzajil ex b’i’n tu’n  Fu Qian Chen Lu, Bruce Shu Hua Lok ex jni’qe txqantl

May 9, 2024

Departamento de Trabajo encuentra niños ilegalmente en trabajos peligrosos, logra $4,8 millones para trabajadores de industria avícola en California

WASHINGTON – En uno de los mayores acuerdos por infracción salarial jamás alcanzados para trabajadores avícolas de EE.UU., un tribunal federal de Los Ángeles ha distado una sentencia de consentimiento que ordena a Fu Qian Chen Lu, Bruce Shu Hua Lok y otros, como propietari

May 2, 2024

Department of Labor finds children employed illegally in dangerous jobs, obtains $4.8M in wages, damages for poultry industry workers in California

WASHINGTON – In one of the largest wage violation settlements ever reached for U.S. poultry workers, a federal court in Los Angeles has entered a consent judgment that orders Fu Qian Chen Lu, Bruce Shu Hua Lok and others as owners and operators of a network of California poultry processors and distributors to pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages to 476 workers and $221,919 in penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. 

March 21, 2024

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. impuso multa a franquiciado de Baskin Robbins en Utah por violar ley federal de trabajo infantil

Nombre del empleador:        JODE LLC, que opera como Baskin Robbins 

Lugares de investigación:     51 Northwest State St., American Fork, UT 84003

                                                            530 S. Main St., Bountiful, UT 84010

                                                            435 State, St., Clearfield, UT 84015

March 21, 2024

US Department of Labor fines Utah Baskin Robbins franchisee for violating federal child labor law at 8 locations

Employer name:        JODE LLC, operating as Baskin Robbins 

Investigation sites:   51 Northwest State St., American Fork, UT 84003

                                             530 S. Main St., Bountiful, UT 84010

                                             435 State, St., Clearfield, UT 84015

                                            1088 E Gentile St., Layton, UT 84041

March 18, 2024

Federal investigations find Jersey Mike’s franchise operator violated child labor regulations at 4 northern Virginia locations, denied overtime pay

BALTIMORE  U.S. Department of Labor investigations at four northern Virginia Jersey Mike’s franchise locations have found the operator allowed more than a dozen employees under the age of 16 to perform dangerous tasks and work longer than permitted in violation of federal child labor regulations.

March 6, 2024

Owner of 20 Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries restaurants enters compliance agreement, pays $11K in penalties for child labor violations

CROSSVILLE, TN – The owner of 20 Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries locations has entered an enhanced compliance agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor that aims to improve working conditions for minor-aged employees and compliance with federal labor regulations at their 20 locations in Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

February 23, 2024

Administrative Law Judge upholds US Department of Labor findings of child labor violations, $38K fine for upstate New York water park

Date of action:                       Feb. 13, 2024

 Type of action:                      Summary decision

 Names of defendants:           Zoom Flume Water Park LLC (in East Durham, New York)

February 21, 2024

US Department of Labor seeks injunction to stop use of ‘oppressive child labor’ by Fayette Janitorial Service at meat processing facilities

SIOUX CITY, IA – The U.S. Department of Labor today asked a federal court to issue a nationwide temporary restraining order and injunction against Fayette Janitorial Service LLC – operating as Fayette Industrial – to stop the Tennessee-based company from illegally employing children while the department continues its investigations of the company’s labor practices.

February 7, 2024

Un contratista especializado en techos paga $117,175 de multa tras la caída fatal de un joven de 15 años en un lugar de trabajo en Alabama

CULLMAN, AL Apex Roofing & Restoration LLC pagó $117,175 en multas monetarias civiles después de que el Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU.

February 7, 2024

Popeyes franchisee pays $212K after US Department of Labor investigation finds child labor, overtime violations

Employer:      14th St. Chicken Corp., operating as Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits

                        7007 International Blvd.

February 7, 2024

Roofing contractor pays $117,175 penalty after 15-year-old’s fatal fall at Alabama work site

CULLMAN, AL Apex Roofing & Restoration LLC paid $117,175 in civil money penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor determined that the Pelham roofing contractor employed a 15-year-old child in violation of federal child labor laws, resulting in the child’s death at a Cullman worksite. 

January 25, 2024

US Department of Labor fines Utah creamery $42K for violating federal child labor law

Employer name:           The Sweet Place LLC operating as Cold Stone Creamery

Investigation sites:      175 25th St., Suite 100, Ogden, UT 84401

                                                1917 W. 1800 N., Suite A5, Clinton, UT 84015

                                                936 N. Main St., Suite D, Layton, UT 84041

January 9, 2024

Nation’s largest Bojangles franchisee enters compliance agreement, pays $27K in penalties after Department of Labor finds child labor violations again

POWELL, TN – The nation’s largest Bojangles franchise owner will make enterprise-wide changes to improve working conditions for minor-aged employees and compliance with federal labor regulations at their 118 locations in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee after entering an enhanced compliance agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor. 

January 9, 2024

US Department of Labor awards more than $12M to combat child labor, forced labor in Mexico, promote migrant worker rights

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of up to $12.4 million in grant funding for three organizations to reduce child and forced labor in Mexico and support migrant workers. 

November 27, 2023

Department of Labor finds child labor violations by operators of 5 McDonald’s locations in Western Pennsylvania; assesses $26K in penalties

PITTSBURGH – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor has found the operator of five McDonald’s franchise locations in the greater Pittsburgh area employed 34 children to work later and longer than permitted by child labor laws.

The department’s Wage and Hour Division learned Endor Inc., based in Cranberry Township, violated federal child labor regulations by employing 14- and 15-year-old children to work outside permissible hours as follows: