The company and a staffing agency it contracted with will pay restitution costs after violations were found in its Accomac, Virginia processing facility.

MONTEREY, Tenn. (WSMV) - 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.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has reached agreements with Perdue Farms Inc. and staffing agency SMX LLC to resolve child labor violations at a poultry processing facility in Accomac, Virginia.

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 ...

The U.S. Labor Department says Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in hazardous occupations in Virginia ...

The closure of a chicken processing plant will put 433 people out of work, according to the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce ...

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DOL explained the agreement requires QSI to re-survey all of its work locations to determine if any employees are under the age of 18. The agency added that the company would review and evaluate child ...