The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced that the country’s largest meatpacker, JBS USA (whose parent company, JBS, is the largest global meat company), has agreed to pay $4 million to “assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices nationwide.” The company also agreed to a list of other actions, including hiring a child labor compliance specialist and requiring child labor violation training to all of its third-party providers. The agreement comes after a DOL investigation started in 2022 found more than 4,000 children had been hired by those providers and were working overnight shifts at JBS facilities in four states, in violation of child labor laws. (Link to this post)
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