Smithfield Foods, one of the U.S.’ largest meat processors, agreed to pay $2 million in a settlement over child labor allegations. A Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry investigation found the Smithfield packaged meats plant in St. James employed at least 11 children between the ages of 14 and 17 from April 2021 to April 2023. The agency also found Smithfield let nine of the underage employees work after allowable hours and all 11 perform…

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ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Smithfield Foods, a Virginia-based meat processing company, has reached a $2 million settlement with Minnesota after they were accused of employing underage workers. According to a statement from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry on Nov. 14, an on-site inspection was conducted at the Smithfield facility in St. James, Minnesota, on April 13, 2023. After the inspection, the department claimed that S…

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MINNEAPOLIS — Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota, officials announced Thursday. An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry found that the Smithfield Packaged Meats subsidiary employed at least 11 children at its plant in St. James ages 14 to 17 from April 2021 through April 2023, the agency sai…

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Star Tribune reports the St. James Smithfield plant has been fined $2 million for allegedly illegally employing minors between the ages of 14 and 17 in evening and overnight shifts where they operated hazardous machinery. “In a statement, Smithfield Foods reiterated that the company is paying a fine to avoid prolonged litigation.”Pioneer Press writes about a report from the St. Paul Downtown Alliance that shows of the 20 commercial downtown prop…

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US pork processor Smithfield to pay $2M in child labor settlement

MINNEAPOLIS — Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota, officials announced Thursday. 
An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry found that the Smithfield Packaged Meats subsidiary employed at least 11 children at its plant in St. James ages 14 to 17 from April 2021 through April 2023, the agency sa…

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Smithfield Foods has agreed to pay a $2 million fine to settle allegations of employing underage workers at its St. James, Minnesota, meatpacking plant. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, or DLI, entered into a Nov. 13 consent order with Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. to resolve a two-year investigation that found the plant to have employed at least 11 minors between the ages of 14 and 17 from April 13, 2021, through the same date …

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Smithfield Foods fined $2 million for alleged child labor violations at Minnesota plant

Share This StorySmithfield Packaged Meats Corp., the maker of Farmland bacon and Farmer John sausages, will pay a $2 million penalty after a Minnesota investigation allegedly found the company employed minors in dangerous jobs at its St. James facility. The fine, the largest in Minnesota’s history for a child labor enforcement case, comes after the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) says it uncovered a troubling pattern of illegal …

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Smithfield to pay $2 million penalty over child labor violations in Minnesota

Smithfield Foods is set to pay a $2m penalty following an investigation that revealed child labour practices at its facility.The post Smithfield Foods to pay $2m in child labour allegations settlement appeared first on Just Food.

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