A Chattanooga-based cleaning contractor must pay a $400,000 penalty after an investigation found the company employed children on overnight sanitation shifts.

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JSB and Perdue Farms agreed to settlements of $4 million each, while QSA, which employed 54 children, will pay $400,000.

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JSB and Perdue Farms agreed to settlements of $4 million each, while QSA, which employed 54 children, will pay $400,000. Source The post Child labor in slaughterhouses spotlighted by 3 settlements this week appeared first on News Talk 94.1/AM 1600.

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The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won’t hire underage workers again. On Thursday, the Department said investigators found that another slaughterhouse cleaning company called QSI had employed 54 children at 13 meatpacking plants in eight…

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For using juveniles to perform midnight hours at many meat and poultry processing facilities, a Chattanooga-based cleaning firm was sentenced to pay hefty fines. Following an investigation by the U.S. Wage and Hour Division, Chattanooga-based QSI LLC will pay fines totaling almost half a million dollars, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Violations regarding the employment of minors at 13 meat and poultry processing facilities between J…

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Chattanooga Cleaning Firm Fined $400,000 For Using Child Labor

The company and a staffing agency it contracted will pay restitution after violations were found in its Accomac, Virginia, processing facility.

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