MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN ILLEGALLY EMPLOYED IN HAZARDOUS JOBS, FEDERAL INVESTIGATION FINDS; FOOD SANIT

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KIELER, WI – One of the nation’s largest food safety sanitation services providers has paid $1.5 million in civil money penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the company employed at least 102 children – from 13 to 17 years of age – in hazardous occupations and had them working overnight shifts at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states.

The employer’s payment of civil money penalties is the result of the division’s investigation of Packers Sanitation Services Inc. LTD, based in Kieler, Wisconsin. The division found that children were working with hazardous chemicals and cleaning meat processing equipment including back saws, brisket saws and head splitters. Investigators learned at least three minors suffered injuries while working for PSSI.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the department assessed PSSI $15,138 for each minor-aged employee who was employed in violation of the law. The amount is the maximum civil money penalty allowed by federal law.



https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20230217-1

[tulipsandroses]

1. And of course republicans are busy rewriting laws to make this ok

Saw that on MSNBC last night. Included in the laws they are proposing, not only will child labor be OK. If they are sickened due to working in hazardous conditions, the company cannot be sued.

These folks make my blood boil. As well as the people that vote for them.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Location is hidden in the SW of Wisconsin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Wisconsin

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. I am positive that this is just a miniscule tip of a much larger iceberg.