Labor Department puts spotlight on child labor in slaughterhouses with 3 settlements this week
- Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after employing children in hazardous occupations at a Virginia plant, as announced by the U.S. Department of Labor.
- The hazardous work included deboning chicken using equipment such as electric knives, violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Perdue Farms will pay a $150,000 fine and restitution to support prevention efforts for child labor victims, according to the Department of Labor.
- Perdue stated it fully cooperated with the investigation but disagreed with the Labor Department's findings, emphasizing that no current underage workers were identified.
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