A 15-year-old suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer at a McDonald's restaurant in Tennessee, the Labor Department says
strictly regulate which tasks 14- and 15-year-old workers can perform, including a ban on all activities related to baking. While they can perform some cooking tasks, these are heavily restricted and they can only use deep fat fryers that are equipped with devices to automatically lower and raise the baskets into and out of the oil or grease.
The DOL assessed a $3,258 civil penalty for Faris Enterprises, the franchisee that operates the restaurant. Lisa Kelly, the district director in Nashville, Tennessee for the DOL's Wage and Hour Division District, said in a press release that there had been an"alarming increase" in child labor violations since 2018. The DOL assessedThe DOL said that the restaurant had also violated the Fair Labor Standards Act when it deducted pay from two workers to account for uniforms and cash register shortages.
The agency recovered $45 in back wages for the two workers and assessed $882 in civil money penalties.Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know.
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