![]() ![]() The workers also performed tasks prohibited for minor employees. The three franchisees employed 305 children to work more than the legally permitted hours, investigators found. The three franchisees operate 62 McDonald's locations across Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio. In addition to Bauer Food, LLC, the Wages and Hour Division also investigated Archways Richwood LLC and Bell Restaurant Group I LLC. The DOL assessed nearly $40,000 in penalties. The Wages and Hour Division of DOL found Bauer Food, LLC employed 24 minors under the age of 16 to work more than legally permitted hours. The employment of the 10-year-old children wasn't the only violation DOL investigators found. ![]() "Child labor laws exist to ensure that when young people work, the job does not jeopardize their health, well-being or education." "One child injured at work is one too many," Wage and Hour Division District Director Karen Garnett-Civils in Louisville, Kentucky said in the Tuesday press release. ![]() Fourteen and 15-year-olds are permitted to cook with deep fryers under federal regulations, but only ones equipped with automatic baskets. In June of 2022, a 15-year-old worker at a Tennessee McDonald's franchise suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer, according to the agency. ![]()
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