6 Sonic Drive-In restaurants in northern Nevada pay $71K for child labor violations
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Six Sonic Drive-In restaurants in northern Nevada have settled with the U.S. Labor Department, paying more than $71,000 in civil penalties for violating federal child labor regulations.
Federal investigators in the department's Wage and Hour Division determined SDI of Neil LLC, which operates as Sonic Drive-In, committed more than 170 violations of the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
They allowed 14- and 15-year-old employees to work more hours than what was permitted by the regulations and assigned them to operate manual deep fryers, a task considered a hazardous occupation, the department said in a news release.
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