Billionaires and major corporations will whine about how “nobody wants to work anymore,” but according to a recent discovery by the U.S. Department of Labor, that is not entirely true. People are definitely working, including children who should be at home in bed but instead are laboring at McDonald’s, illegally, with no pay.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, two 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville, Kentucky, McDonald’s restaurant — and they were reportedly sometimes in the kitchen until as late as two in the morning.
The agency also found that three franchisees that own more than 60 McDonald’s locations in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio, “employed 305 children to work more than the legally permitted hours and perform tasks prohibited by law for young workers,” the Labor Department said in a statement.
“Investigators from the department’s Wage and Hour Division found two 10-year-old workers at a Louisville McDonald’s restaurant among many violations of federal labor laws committed by three Kentucky McDonald’s franchise operators,” the release said.
“Investigators also determined two 10-year-old children were employed – but not paid – and sometimes worked as late as 2 a.m.”
The two 10-year-olds allegedly employed by the fast food chain were children of a night manager who were allegedly visiting their parent at work and were not approved by franchisee organization management to be in that part of the restaurant.
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