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Fayette Janitorial Service LLC agreed to pay nearly $650,000 in civil penalties and the court-ordered mandate that it no longer employs minors.

A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities in Iowa and Virginia.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that Fayette Janitorial Service LLC entered into a consent judgment, in which the company agrees to nearly $650,000 in civil penalties and the court-ordered mandate that it no longer employs minors. The February filing indicated federal investigators believed at least four children had still been working at one Iowa slaughterhouse as of Dec. 12.

U.S. law prohibits companies from employing people younger than 18 to work in meat processing plants because of the hazards.

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[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 133 points 6 months ago

Half a million doesn't seem like enough tbh

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 80 points 6 months ago

Honestly when it comes to severe crimes the punishments should put them out of business. Yeah some people will lose their jobs, but suddenly there's a vacuum that can be filled, and it's not like the expertise is gone. Someone else can start a better company that doesn't do illegal shit and fill that vacuum.

Isn't that how capitalism is supposed to work anyway?

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

This isn't a skilled industry, hence why they have children working there. The equipment/facilities is the real value. Unless the government wants to take control or find new management, the jobs are dependent on whoever owns the machines.

Or, just maybe, we close the meat packing plant anyways because everyone should eat less meat.

[-] NFord@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

No no no! It's the responsibility of the corporations to act ethically! Consumers bear no fault in how corporations decide do business!!

Yikes, sorry about that. I had the urge to sound ridiculous for a second. I agree. Money talks and we should all be mindful of what we say.

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