Posted on 05/03/2023 9:19:12 PM PDT by Trump20162020
A US department of labor investigation uncovered child labor violations at three McDonald’s locations in Kentucky, which included finding two 10-year-olds working unpaid, sometimes until 2am.
The three McDonald’s franchisees cited in the investigation own a total of 62 locations across Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio, and were found to employ 305 children working more than legally permitted hours and performing job tasks prohibited by law for their age.
Civil penalties totaling $212,754 were issued against the franchisees for the violations.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Over 300 kids?
>> Over 300 kids?
Only two 10-year-olds.
Except these two 10-year-olds were unpaid, as it says right there in the first sentence of the article.
That’s about it.
Yeah, I hear ya.
When I was ten years old I would have given anything to work for as many hours I could. Obviously, I didn’t want to work in a coal mine or didn’t want to lose my hand in a textile mill but I didn’t know anything about OSHA at the time.
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