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These are the most overworked cities in the US
FinanceBuzz ranked the most overworked cities among the 50 largest in the country.
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Mississippi farms paid immigrants higher wages than Black US workers, feds say
The U.S. Labor Department says 44 farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants on temporary work visas.
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Cost of confession: California restaurant to pay $140K in damages after using fake priest to spy on employees
Owners of a California restaurant will have to pay $140,000 in back wages and damages after federal investigators found they hired a priest in an attempt to get employees to admit workplace “sins,” an act of retaliation officials deemed “shameless.”
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Child labor investigation spreads to meatpacking, produce companies in 11 states
A federal investigation into Guatemalan children working in the U.S. in violation of child labor laws has expanded to include meatpacking and produce firms that have allegedly hired underage migrants in at least 11 states, two senior U.S. officials told NBC News. Investigators from the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Justice Department, as well as White House officials, are participating in the expanded...
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Hundreds of Children Found Working at McDonald's Restaurants Across Several States
The Labor Department found that more than 300 children were working at McDonald’s restaurants, including two 10-year-olds.
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Blocked Emergency Exits and ‘Dangerous' Fire Hazards: Dollar General Again Found in Violation of Federal Workplace Safety Standards
Discount retailer Dollar General, which has been fined $15 million for safety violations since 2017, was penalized for fire hazards at a Pennsylvania store.
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Company Hired Same ‘Known Minor' Twice to Clean Slaughterhouses, Internal Document Shows
An internal company report shows Packers Sanitation Services Inc. disciplined an employee who hired the same “known minor” twice under two different identities.
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More Than 100 Children Worked in Dangerous Jobs at Slaughterhouse Cleaning Firms, Officials Say
The Department of Labor says one of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country.
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Crumbl Cookies' Franchises in 6 States Violated Child Labor Laws, Feds Say
Federal investigators found children as young as 14 years old working more hours than permitted by law and in “hazardous or prohibited” positions for minors.
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Feds Say Crumbl Cookies Violated Child Labor Laws
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Crumbl Cookies has violated child labor regulations in six states, affecting 46 minor-aged workers.