Items Tagged with 'Department of Labor'

Investigation discovers children illegally employed on overnight sanitation shifts at 13 meat and poultry processing facilities.

Perdue Farms is set to pay $4 million in restitution.

JBS holds key elements of its supply chain, third-party contractors and service providers accountable for illegal child labor.

Investigation finds one worker was caught in a roller machine, and another suffered chemical burns while cleaning a pump.

Federal court in Los Angeles finds the owners and operators of a network of California poultry processors and distributors must pay back wages and damages to 476 workers.

Employees of five California poultry processing companies in La Puente and City of Industry may be owed a share of more than $3.8 million in back wages and damages.

Investigators discover Fayette Janitorial Service employed children to clean and sanitize spaces and equipment during overnight shifts to fulfill sanitation contracts.

OSHA has proposed $212,646 in penalties.

Investigators found the employers interfered with their probe by threatening and retaliating against employees.

Nine children were found to have operated hazardous machinery at a Chandler, Minn., meatpacking and food processing facility.