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The U.S. Department of Labor fined three McDonald's franchisees after it was revealed that children were working there in violation of federal labor law.
ermingut/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) fined three McDonald s franchisees after an investigation determined that hundreds of children including two 10-year-olds were working there in violation of federal labor law.
The investigation was part of the Wage and Hour Division s efforts to end child labor abuses in the Southeast, the Labor Department said in a news release on Tuesday.
As part of their investigation, officials found that Louisville, Kentucky-based McDonald s franchisee operator, Bauer Food LLC, hired two 10-year old s to work at one of its locations unpaid and as late as 2 a.m., with one of the children even permitted to operate a deep fryer, a task for which workers must be at least 16 years old.
“Below the minimum age for employment, they prepared and distributed food orders, cleaned the store, worked at the drive-thru window and operated a register,” the Labor Department said Tuesday.
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