The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it

Perdue Farms and a staffing agency will pay more than $4 million to settle claims that they employed children in hazardous jobs at a chicken processing facility in Virginia, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Wednesday.

JBS USA Food Co., one of the nation's largest meatpacking processors and slaughterhouses, has agreed to a joint initiative with the U.S. Labor Department t

The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. to address child labor violations at its Accomac, Virginia plant.

The U.S. Department of Labor said it entered an agreement with JBS USA in which the meatpacker will provide $4 million to assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices nationwide.

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The railroad must also provide back pay and damages after OSHA determined the company retaliated against the worker for refusing to license an untrained manager.

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JSB and Perdue Farms agreed to settlements of $4 million each, while QSA, which employed 54 children, will pay $400,000.

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