Metro Detroit Little Caesars franchisee fined for violating child labor laws
Investigators reportedly found that JMP Pizza Inc. allowed three children to work longer and later hours than laws permit.
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Investigators reportedly found that JMP Pizza Inc. allowed three children to work longer and later hours than laws permit.
One of the minors reportedly suffered serious injuries and required surgery after falling from a roof.
Prosecutors said the group, which was labeled a cult by a federal judge in 2018, beat children and imposed severe dietary restrictions.
A Popeyes franchise owner in Troy is fined $48,000 for allegedly allowing teens to work over the hours permitted by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The number of children employed illegally in the U.S. is soaring, Labor Department figures show. Sometimes that work kills them.
More states are letting teenagers serve alcohol at bars and restaurants, part of a growing rollback of child labor protection laws across the United States.
A Culver's franchise in Wixom was fined and paid $13,212 after federal investigators discovered allowed 18 minors to work more than they are legally allowed to under federal child labor laws.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division discovered that 11 Crumbl Cookies franchises in six states allowed minor-aged employees to work more than law permits or in hazardous positions.