Editor's note: This story was updated at 9:11 a.m. on March 17, 2023, to clarify how many of the Dunkin' stores had child-labor law violations.
The owner and operator of several Tri-State area Dunkin' franchises has paid a $41,181 fine and signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to prevent future child-labor violations, according to a federal news release.
The child-labor violations involved 19 minors, ages 14 and 15, who were "unlawfully permitted" to operate baking ovens and work outside permissible hours between November 2020 and November 2022, according to the news release and a labor department spokesperson.
The violations occurred at a Hagerstown-area store and a Berkeley County, W.Va., store.
But the enhanced compliance agreement between the labor department and the Brookeville, Md.-based enterprise owned and operated by Nikkil Patel involves eight Dunkin' restaurants he owns in three states.
The stores are at:
Patel could not be immediately reached for comment. A person who answered the phone at the Halfway store said Thursday they would forward a message to Patel. A person who twice answered the phone at the Maugans Avenue...
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