ALLENTOWN, PA – A Wendy’s restaurant franchisee who endangered minor-aged workers and permitted them to work more hours than the law allows at five Pennsylvania locations has taken steps to correct those violations, and to ensure future compliance at all of the restaurants it operates in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
A recent investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found violations at locations in Allentown, Easton, Pottstown and Whitehall operated by Philly LIV Bacon LLC and three other corporations. The violations include allowing 15-year-old workers to manually raise and lower fry baskets. By law, 14- and 15-year-old workers may only operate deep fryers that raise and lower baskets automatically.
Investigators also found the employer permitted 14- and 15-year-olds to work for more than 3 hours on a school day, more than 8 hours on a non-school day and more than 18 hours during a school week, all violations of federal child labor standards. Philly LIV Bacon LLC also failed to maintain proper records, the division found.
The division assessed $15,449 in civil money penalties for the violations, which the employer has paid.
Prompted by the investigation’s findings, the employers began working with the division to initiate an enterprise-wide review of the workplace practices at all of their 83 Wendy’s locations in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Following the review, Philly LIV Bacon LLC and three other corporations have agreed...
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