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Meatpacking giants to pay $8 million for child labor violations
JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials announced this week.
Perdue agrees to pay $4 million after children worked hazardous jobs in Virginia
The U.S. Labor Department says Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in hazardous occupations in Virginia. The company also let children work past 7
Perdue Farms, Labor Department ink $4 million deal in child labor investigation
Perdue Farms and a staffing agency will pay more than $4 million to settle claims that they employed children in hazardous jobs at a chicken processing facility in Virginia, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Wednesday.
Perdue agrees to pay $4 million for child labor violations at Accomac plant
The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. to address child labor violations at its Accomac, Virginia plant.
Perdue Farms to pay $4M after employing children in hazardous jobs at Va. plant, Feds say
Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in hazardous occupations at a Virginia plant and let them work past 7 p.m. during the
Perdue Farms agrees to $4M settlement in child labor probe
Listen to this article Perdue Farms has agreed to pay $4 million in restitution to settle a federal investigation into alleged child labor violations at the company’s poultry processing plant on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
DOL Reaches Agreement with Perdue Farms Over Child Labor Violations
In a separate consent judgment entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk, Staff Management Solutions agreed to pay a $125,000 civil money penalty and to be permanently enjoined from future FLSA child labor violations in meat processing and packing industries.
DOL, Perdue reach agreement over child labor violations
The company and a staffing agency it contracted with will pay restitution costs after violations were found in its Accomac, Virginia processing facility.
Labor Department fines more slaughterhouses for child labor
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.
Perdue Farms settles child labor case with $4M restitution, new compliance measures
Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after a contractor company was accused of illegally hiring children to clean an Eastern Shore plant.
Perdue agrees to pay $4M after children worked hazardous jobs at Va. plant
Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in hazardous occupations at a Virginia plant and let them work past 7 p.m. during the regular school
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Perdue Farms commits funds to combat child labour in wake of probe
The poultry processor has reached an agreement with the Department of Labor, which alleged third-party use of minors.
Perdue Farms Found Jointly Liable For Illegal Child Labor (1)
Maryland-based Perdue Farms Inc. has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve a US Department of Labor probe into child labor ...
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Perdue Farms announces plant closure and layoffs in Tenn.
Poultry processor Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant in Monterey, Tenn., on March 28, resulting in 433 people ...
Perdue Farms to close Monterey chicken plant, cutting 433 jobs: 'Everybody's in shock'
U.S. chicken producer Perdue Farms will permanently shut a Monterey, Tennessee, processing plant on March 28, eliminating jobs for 433 employees, the company said on Friday. It is the latest loss for ...