PORTSMOUTH — Downtown restaurant Toscana Italian Chophouse & Wine Bar has been cited for child labor violations, infractions which include employing a teenager younger than the federal minimum working age, per the U.S. Department of Labor.
Five 14-and 15-year-old employees were found to have worked “excessive hours” at Toscana. The business also employed a 13-year-old, one year younger than the federal minimum working age, according to the Department of Labor investigation.
Toscana, located inside the restored 1804 New Hampshire National Bank building on Pleasant Street, was ordered to pay $11,333 in civil penalties for the child labor violations, according to Steven McKinney, a Department of Labor official based in Manchester.
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The Portsmouth restaurant falls under the umbrella of Tuscan Brands, an Italian artisan food hospitality company owned by Joe Faro. In addition to Toscana, the Tuscan Village and Tuscan Market locations in Salem and Tuscan Sea Grill & Bar in Newburyport, Massachusetts, all part Tuscan Brands, were investigated and found to have employed 11 workers ages 14 and 15 who were working excessive hours under federal law.
The four Faro-owned businesses paid a combined $15,737 in assessed civil penalties, the Department of Labor’s report states.
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