The Labor Department issued a fine for a Kentucky warehouse last week after an investigation found it allowed a child to operate a forklift. The Labor Department said in a press release that it fin…

The Labor Department said in a press release that it fined Win.IT America Inc. for $30,276 in civil money penalties after violating child labor provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act. Investigators found that the company employed two children, an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old, for months at its distribution center.

  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
    10·
    1 year ago

    Two children for months? There should be a larger fine and prison time for whoever did the hiring and also whoever was managing them.