"Taking advantage of children, exposing them to workplace dangers—and interfering with a federal investigation—demonstrates Packers Sanitation Services Inc.'s flagrant disregard for the law and for the wellbeing of young workers," said the Labor Department.
The DOL outlined numerous alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which prohibits companies from employing children under the age of 14. Children aged 14 and 15 cannot work past 7:00 pm during the school year or past 9:00 pm between June 1 and Labor Day, and cannot work more than 18 hours per week. All minors are also prohibited from operating hazardous equipment at work.
"Federal laws were established decades ago to prevent employers from profiting by putting children in harm's way," Michael Lazzeri, a Labor Department official in Chicago,in a statement."Taking advantage of children, exposing them to workplace dangers—and interfering with a federal investigation—demonstrates Packers Sanitation Services Inc.'s flagrant disregard for the law and for the well-being of young workers.
Capitalism is based on ever increasing profit. Do the math on where that leads to.
Let me guess - the plant's owned by republicans, who greased other republican palms (Pete Ricketts etc.) to look the other way.
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