28 Mar 23
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/child-labor-packers-sanitation.html
One 14-year-old, who worked from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. five to six days a week, suffered chemical burns from cleaning machines used to cut meat, the department said.
Only replies praising the sanctity of parental right please. I don't want to hear anyone mention the ludicrous notion that children maybe shouldn't work night shifts (or even more preposterous, any shifts)
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28 Mar 23
@zahlanzi saidUS? At that age they can’t work past a certain time in the evening, so many hours per week, mostly weekends, legally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/child-labor-packers-sanitation.html
One 14-year-old, who worked from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. five to six days a week, suffered chemical burns from cleaning machines used to cut meat, the department said.
Only replies praising the sanctity of parental right please. I don't want to hear anyone mention the ludicrous notion that children maybe shouldn't work night shifts (or even more preposterous, any shifts)
@athousandyoung saidWhich basically makes child labour legal. And there are states working towards making it even easier to exploit children
That’s why the employer had to pay a 1.5 million fine
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28 Mar 23
@mike69 saidWhen I was 15 and working in California the cut-off was 9 PM on school nights, 10:30 on Friday/Saturday.
US? At that age they can’t work past a certain time in the evening, so many hours per week, mostly weekends, legally.
We could work all the hours we wanted, I once put in a 70 hour week, but I had just turned 18, and even though I was still in High School, it was legal.
I think. Maybe not..
28 Mar 23
@jj-adams said1 million dollars fine in the one case it was caught for a company that makes several times that is not a "bazillion" dollars. It very much makes it worth it. they paid 15k per underage worker.
No, it means that if you get caught doing it, you will pay a bazillion dollars in fines so that it's not worth it..
The fine should have been in the Billions. With a very large b. And someone should have gone to jail. Several someones.
THEN it would signal any other company that "it's not worth" it.
Any law that has a punishment equal to what someone makes in a second is not a law for that particular someone, merely a suggestion.
I skipped calling you a moron this post. I am getting bored