Punching In: McDonald’s Labor Violations Latest in DOL Crackdown

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

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Rebecca Rainey: The US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division continues to uncover alarming instances of children working in illegal and unsafe conditions after announcing an enforcement effort just a few months ago to try and reverse a growing tally of labor violations involving minors.

Three Kentucky-based McDonald’s Corp. franchise operators allowed more than 300 kids to work more hours than the law permits, DOL investigators announced last week. The agency discovered one of the franchises also permitted two 10-year-olds to work as late as 2 a.m., and had ...