Tennessee Cleaning Contractor Fined Over $649,000 for Hiring Child Workers at Slaughterhouses

Published on May 8, 2024

A Tennessee cleaning contractor has been fined more than half a million dollars by the Department of Labor (DOL) after allegedly hiring children to clean slaughterhouses. Fayette Janitorial Service LLC, which is headquartered in Somerville and operates as Fayette Industrial, must pay approximately $649,304 in civil money penalties, and hire a third party to review and implement company policies aimed at preventing the future employment of children in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the DOL said in a press release on Monday. It must also set up a program for reporting concerns about the illegal employment of children. The consent order and judgment were approved in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa....

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