Employer Cited for Illegally Employing Children in Tennessee
Recently, a Tennessee parts supplier for John Deere and Yamaha was fined $296,951 after the Wage and Hour Division confirmed that as many as ten children as young as 14 years old were working in the factory, illegally employing children. According to Jessica Looman in a press release, she indicated that even one child working in a dangerous environment is too many. Evidently, there has been an alarming increase in child labor violations where children are in danger. One child was operating a power-driven hoisting apparatus like a forklift. Workers under 18 years old are not permitted to operate dangerous machinery.