DENVER – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation of a full-service restaurant in Aurora found the employer violated federal child labor law and denied 19 chefs, kitchen staff, and other workers their earned overtime pay.

JASPER, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court against an Alabama poultry processor requiring them to pay $385,000 in civil money penalties for federal child labor law violations and barring the employer from any future child labor violations. 

MEADVILLE, PA – Multiple U.S. Department of Labor investigations into a minor-aged worker’s fingertip amputation in May 2024 found a Meadville manufacturing company violated federal law and exposed employees to a half dozen serious workplace safety violations.  

CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with a Tennessee cleaning contractor that requires the employer to pay $400,000 in civil money penalties, monitor and audit policies to prevent the employment of children in dangerous jobs, and maintain a toll-free number for reporting concerns about the illegal employment of children.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI – A Farmington Hills Little Caesars restaurant employed minors in violation of federal child labor regulations by assigning them to operating dangerous equipment such as dough mixers and ovens and allowing  three 15-year-olds to work past 7 p.m. on school nights. 

PHILADELPHIA ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. and secured a separate agreement with temporary staffing agency Staff Management Solutions LLC and SMX LLC, collectively referred to as “SMX,” to address child labor violations found in an investigation of Perdue’s poultry processing facility in Accomac, Virginia. 

CHICAGO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with JBS USA Food Co. in which the nation’s leading meat packing processor and slaughterhouse will provide $4 million to assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices nationwide.

The Jan. 13, 2025, agreement commits JBS to holding key elements of its supply chain, third-party contractors and service providers accountable for illegal child labor. They are also creating a targeted advertising campaign to raise awareness about unlawful child labor practices.

Employer:      C Casa Napa LLC, operating as C Casa Restaurant and Bar Napa

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $4 million cooperative agreement to Pact, a leading international development organization, to support the United Republic of Tanzania’s efforts to address child labor and promote acceptable conditions of work in artisanal and small-scale gold production. 

BOISE, ID – A Nampa-based ice cream manufacturer and retailer faces $321,015 in civil money penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor after investigations found four of its Idaho retail locations put the safety of dozens of children at risk by employing them to perform dangerous tasks and work later than the law allows.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Grand Rapids window cleaning company must pay $29,210 in civil money penalties for employing three children to complete dangerous tasks while cleaning residential windows and gutters and installing Christmas lights, including one that suffered serious injuries requiring surgery when they fell from a roof.

IRON RIVER, WI – Diners at an Iron River pizza restaurant will soon see teenage workers wearing different colored shirts or name tags; not as part of a marketing promotion but to help managers quickly remember the ages of young employees to avoid assigning them to dangerous duties or employing them to work longer or later than federal child labor laws permit.

MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor, following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division and the filing of a consent order in federal court by the department’s Office of the Solicitor, has recovered a total of $310,193 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Bedford landscaper and contractor who underpaid 60 employees. 

KNOXVILLE, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor has found a franchisee of two Marco’s Pizza restaurants in Knoxville employed children to clean and disassemble dangerous equipment and work outside of legally allowed hours, in violation of federal child labor laws. 

Date of action:           Oct. 3, 2024 

Participants:              U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division 

                        New York State Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards

ORLANDO, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order requiring a Jacksonville Beach water park to pay $151,606 in penalties after investigators found the company assigned young teenagers to work late hours during the school year and as attendants on elevated water slides without certification.

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CLARKRANGE, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent decree requiring a Clarkrange lumber producer to stop violating federal child labor regulations, pay penalties for their violations and surrender profits earned for products made while violations occurred.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development have launched a joint strategic enforcement initiative to combat violations of federal and state child labor laws.