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flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:08 PM Jan 2020

Chipotle violated child labor laws

This story is reported in multiple places. Below are quotes from https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/chipotle-fined-1-3m-over-thousands-child-labor-abuses-massachusetts-n1124661

BOSTON — Chipotle was hit with a $1.3 million fine over more than 13,000 child labor violations at its Massachusetts restaurants, the state's attorney general announced Monday.

Attorney General Maura Healey ordered the largest child labor penalty ever issued by the state against the Mexican restaurant chain after finding an estimated 13,253 child labor violations in its more than 50 locations.

“Chipotle is a major national restaurant chain that employs thousands of young people across the country and it has a duty to ensure minors are safe working in its restaurants,” Healey said in a statement. “We hope these citations send a message to other fast food chains and restaurants that they cannot violate our child labor laws and put young people at risk.”

The fine detailed that Chipotle had employees under the age of 18 working past midnight and for more than 48 hours a week. Teenagers told investigators their hours of work were so long that it was preventing them from keeping up with their schoolwork. The company also regularly hired minors without work permits.

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Chipotle violated child labor laws (Original Post) flyingfysh Jan 2020 OP
Of a $1.3M fine, do the violated child labor victims get any compensation? Throck Jan 2020 #1
This was also in the news stories flyingfysh Jan 2020 #2

flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)
2. This was also in the news stories
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 05:56 PM
Jan 2020

Further down (see the provided link) there is this:

The settlement total is closer to $2 million, including penalties for earned sick time violations in which managers granted employees paid time off only for certain illnesses. The violations also include failure to keep accurate records and pay timely wages. Lastly, the company was ordered a voluntary $500,000 payout to a state youth worker fund dedicated to education, enforcement and training.

i think that means victims got compensation, but I'm not sure.

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