Reading Time: 2 minutes MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN ILLEGALLY EMPLOYED IN HAZARDOUS JOBS says DOJ In an investigation of one of the nation’s largest food safety sanitation companies, the Department of Labor found that over a three-year period, more than 100 children as young as 13 were employed to clean dangerous power equipment at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states. The children worked overnight shifts and were required to use “hazardous chemicals” as they cleaned back saws, brisket saws and head splitters, according to the DOL. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION FINDS: FOOD SANITATION CONTRACTOR PAYS…
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