NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) fined three McDonald's franchisees after an investigation determined that hundreds of children -- including two 10-year-olds -- were working there in violation of federal labor law.
The investigation was part of the Wage and Hour Division's efforts to end child labor abuses in the Southeast, the Labor Department said in a news release on Tuesday.
The three franchisees, Bauer Food LLC, Archways Richwood LLC and Bell Restaurant Group I LLC, run a combined 62 McDonald's locations in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio. Archways Richwood did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. Bell Restaurant Group could not be reached for comment.The Department of Labor fined the businesses $212,544 in civil money penalties.Kids who are 14 to 15 years old are limited to working no more than three hours on a school day, eight hours on non-school days. They also can't work over 18 hours during a school week, and can't work before 7 a.m. and after 7 p.m.
Tiffanie Boyd, senior vice president and chief people officer at McDonald’s USA, called the incidents"unacceptable" and"deeply troubling" and go against the company's"high expectations" it has for its brand.
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