A Pittsburgh area fast food operator was busted for child labor law violations involving 34 minors.
“The Department of Labor has found that a man and woman who operate five McDonald’s store locations in Western Pennsylvania have violated child labor laws.
The Department of Labor said that Indor, Inc., which is owned and operated by Paul and Meghan Sweeney and is based out of Cranberry Township employed 34 children to work later and longer than child labor laws allow.
The violations took place at five locations in Brookville, Clarion, Punxsutawney, and St. Mary’s and consisted of 14-year-old and 15-year-old children who worked outside of the following ranges of hours and times allowed by law . . .
The Department of Labor says that Paul and Meghan Sweeney and Endor, Inc. paid over $26,000 in civil fines to the department in order to resolve the violations which were announced at the end of an investigation.”
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