Investigation finds 10-year-old children working unpaid at Louisville McDonald's
Three Kentucky McDonald's franchise operators violated federal labor laws. Bauer Food LLC, Archways Richwood LLC and Bell Restaurant Group I LLC, which are three separate franchisees that operate 62 McDonald's locations in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio, employed 305 children to work more than the legally permitted hours, according to an investigation.
The investigation found Bauer Food LLC, which operates 10 McDonald's locations in Louisville, employed 24 minors under the age of 16 to work more hours than legally permitted. Two 10-year-old children were working as late as 2 a.m. unpaid.
According to a news release, Archways Richwood LLC, allowed 242 minors between age 14 and 15 to work beyond the allowable hours. Bell Restaurant Group I LLC, a Louisville-based operator of four restaurants, allowed 39 workers ages 14 and 15 to work outside of and for more hours than the law permits.
According to a news release, the investigation led to assessments of $212,754.
The headline should be: "Three McDonald's franchises face an inconsequential fine after violating the law nearly 300 times. No arrests were made on the criminal company owners."
The headline should be "McDonald's uses child slavery" because "unpaid workers" is corpo whitewash.
McDonald's isn´t going to do anything, short of an incredibly high profile scandal that involved litigation, the unlikely prospect of shutting down entire swaths of business in a bunch of states at a time is exactly why they can get away with it.
And now you know why Republicans worked to pass a child labor bill in Iowa that allows kids to work in mines. Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin circulated a new bill that would allow workers as young as 14 years old to serve alcohol in bars and restaurants.
https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/5/3/23702464/child-labor-laws-youth-migrants-work-shortage
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/us-child-labor-laws-violations
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