A Farmington Hills, Michigan Little Caesars restaurant employed minors in violation of federal child labor regulations by assigning them to operating dangerous equipment such as dough mixers and ovens and allowing three 15-year-olds to work past 7 p.m. on school nights.
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined the shop’s operator, JMP Pizza Inc., tasked one child under age 16 to use an oven heated between 500 and 900 degrees Fahrenheit to cook pizza and to operate a pizza dough mixer. Federal law forbids 14- and 15-year-old workers from performing and baking activities and they may only be involved in limited cooking tasks. The employer also permitted three children to work later and longer hours than permitted by law, investigators found.
To resolve its violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s child labor provisions, JMP Pizza paid $26,341 in civil money penalties assessed by the division.
Federal regulations state that children ages 14 and 15 may not work later than 7 p.m. between the day after Labor Day and May 31, or after 9 p.m. from June 1 through Labor Day. Their work hours may not exceed eight per day on a non-school day, or 40 per week when school is not in session. They may work no more than three hours on a school day, including Fridays, and no more than 18 hours in a week in which school is in session.
Source: Department of Labor
Topics Michigan
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