US labor department announced that Fayette Janitorial Service agreed to $650,000 fine and mandate to no longer employ minors

The US labor department announced on Monday that Fayette Janitorial Service LLC entered into a consent judgment, in which the company agrees to nearly $650,000 in civil penalties and the court-ordered mandate that it no longer employ minors. The February filing indicated federal investigators believed at least four children had still been working at one Iowa slaughterhouse as of 12 December.

US law prohibits companies from employing people younger than 18 to work in meat processing plants because of the hazards in that industry.

    • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Yup, that is the best our legal system can do when there is a lot of money involved. The system is designed for companies and wealthy people who can afford to drag out cases indefinitely to settle for a pittance instead.