The U.S. Department of Labor recovers $230,000 for 545 workers at a Hastings meat processing plant who were denied compensation for pre- and post-shift work.
Investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Illinois Office of the Attorney General recovers back wages, damages and interest for workers denied overtime owed under federal and state regulations.
The department is seeking any current or former employees of The Exclusive Poultry, Meza Poultry, Valtierra Poultry, Sullon Poultry or Nollus’s Poultry who believe they may be owed back wages.
Department of Labor seeks current or former employees of TL Foods, Express Poultry Services or KP Poultry who believe they may be owed back wages by these employers.
U.S. Department of Labor investigation finds the company employed at least two 16- and 17-year-old children to operate meat-processing equipment in violation of federal child-labor hazardous orders.
Packers Sanitation Services Inc. employed minors to use caustic chemicals to clean razor-sharp saws and other high-risk equipment at 13 meat processing facilities in 8 states.
Marksbury Farm Foods LLC violated federal child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act by employing seven workers in slaughterhouse operations and an eighth worker to clean its floor.