The wage settlement is one of the largest ever reached for U.S. poultry workers, the DOL said in a statement. The investigation by the department's Wage and House Division involving A1 Meat Solutions, JRC Culinary Group, Moon Poultry and five other businesses alleged that the enterprise employed children in dangerous conditions, including using sharp knives to debone poultry. MORE: Manufacturing company ordered to turn over $1.5M in profits for child labor violationsThe discovery of "oppressive" child labor permanently rendered the goods at these facilities "as contraband that [was] forbidden from entering commerce," the agency added. Last year, the Labor Department investigated 955 cases of child labor violations, involving 5,792 children nationwide, including 502 children employed in violation of hazardous occupation standards. Poultry enterprise in California to pay $4.8M after employing children to work with sharp knives originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News May 02, 2024 21:40 UTC