Mean Trees Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 Quote New York CNN — Two 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald’s restaurant — sometimes until 2 a.m. — the US Department of Labor said Tuesday. The revelation was part of an investigation into the child labor law violations in the Southeast. The agency also found three franchisees that own more than 60 McDonald’s locations in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio, “employed 305 children to work more than the legally permitted hours and perform tasks prohibited by law for young workers,” the Labor Department said in a statement. “Investigators from the department’s Wage and Hour Division found two 10-year-old workers at a Louisville McDonald’s restaurant among many violations of federal labor laws committed by three Kentucky McDonald’s franchise operators,” the release said. “Investigators also determined two 10-year-old children were employed – but not paid – and sometimes worked as late as 2 a.m.” Tiffanie Boyd, senior vice president and chief people officer at McDonald’s USA, told CNN: “These reports are unacceptable, deeply troubling and run afoul of the high expectations we have for the entire McDonald’s brand. […] We are committed to ensuring our franchisees have the resources they need to foster safe workplaces for all employees and maintain compliance with all labor laws.” Franchisee Bauer Foods LLC confirmed to CNN that the two 10-year-olds allegedly employed were children of a night manager who were visiting their parent at work and were not approved by franchisee organization management to be in that part of the restaurant. Two of the other franchisees, Archways Richwood and Bell Restaurant Group, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The three franchisees face a combined $212,754 in civil money penalties for the child labor violations, the release said. “Too often, employers fail to follow the child labor laws that protect young workers,” said Karen Garnett-Civils, the agency’s wage and hour division district director, in a statement. “Under no circumstances should there ever be a 10-year-old child working in a fast-food kitchen around hot grills, ovens and deep fryers.” 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald's until 2 a.m. | CNN Business
Reginald Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Arkansas governor) would love this. 2AM fast food run, get your burger 'n fries prepared by a 4th grader who has school in 6 hours.
Shelter Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, Taylena said: The US really is a 3rd world country, huh? It's such a dump.
Helios Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Taylena said: The US really is a 3rd world country, huh? If the US is a third world country I don’t know what we would classify other countries as.
Matthew4815 Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 Born and raised in Louisville, still live here. Gross.
Katamari Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 Where are their parents? Charges need to be filed also screaming at the desperation for workers being so bad they need to hire elementary school kids fast food industry is a mess
Bears01 Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 27 minutes ago, Taylena said: The US really is a 3rd world country, huh? Certain states are. Mainly those in the south and states like Idaho and Iowa. The Northeast, west coast, and much of the Midwest (especially Minnesota)? Absolutely not
family.guy123 Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 Jail the parents and get these kids into decent homes.
katara Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 Some parts of the US want to go back in time a couple hundred years
Khal Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 This just made me think back to how I was at 10 and what I was doing, what the actual ****??? It’s also awful to consider the dire situation that must have led to working at 10 even being an option :(
fauxtography Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 24 minutes ago, Katamari said: Where are their parents? Charges need to be filed also screaming at the desperation for workers being so bad they need to hire elementary school kids fast food industry is a mess They were their managers.
Erotic Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 disgusting but as i'm wearing my nike clothes, typing this on my apple laptop, maybe i should shut the **** up
Katamari Posted May 3, 2023 Posted May 3, 2023 41 minutes ago, fauxtography said: They were their managers. it’s not even like it’s a family business
Click Clack Posted May 4, 2023 Posted May 4, 2023 1 hour ago, fauxtography said: They were their managers.
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