McDonald's locations in Pennsylvania broke child labor laws, with kids under 16 operating deep fryers, Labor Department says
Children under the age of 16 were operating deep fryers and working hours prohibited by federal law at more than a half-dozen McDonald's locations in Pennsylvania, the US Department of Labor said Wednesday.
"Since 2018, we have seen an alarming increase in the number of young workers employed in violation of federal child labor laws," John DuMont, of the department's Wage and Hour Division, said in a statement. In 2022, more than 3,800 children were found to be employed in violation of federal law; in 2012, that number was just over 1,600.
"Every employer who hires young workers must know when they can and cannot work, the types of jobs they can do and what tasks they can be safely assigned," DuMont said."The bottom line is that there is no excuse for jeopardizing young workers' safety or hindering their educational opportunities."
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