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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.
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.
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.
UPDATE: Perdue to Pay $4M in Restitution Following Federal Child Labor Investigation
Perdue Farms Inc. has agreed to pay $4M to address alleged child labor violations found during a federal investigation into their poultry processing facility in Accomack County.
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 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.
Perdue Farms, staffing firm reach agreement with DOL on child labor violations
The agreement laid out by DOL explained that Perdue Farms would pay $4 million in restitution to the children, organizations advocating for child labor victims, and support additional work to prevent child labor exploitation. The company also agreed to pay a $150,000 civil monetary penalty.
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
Perdue Farms to shut down Tennessee plant
Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant in Tennessee that employs more than 430 people. In a news release Thursday, the company confirmed that the Monterey facility would close in late March.
Perdue Farms to close facility in TN, cutting more than 400 jobs
Several hundred workers at Perdue Farms will soon be without a job after the company announced on Thursday it is closing the Putnam County facility. Once one of the leading poultry producers in the ...
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