More than 300 minors, including two 10-year-old children, were discovered working at McDonald’s later and longer than legally allowed …
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00:00Two 10-year-olds were discovered working at a McDonald's until 2 a.m., according to a
00:05new U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
00:08More than 300 minors across 62 locations in four states worked at the chain restaurant
00:14later and longer than legally allowed.
00:17The two 10-year-old employees, who were children of a night manager and not paid by the restaurant
00:22for their work, prepared and distributed food orders, cleaned the store, worked at the drive-thru
00:27window and operated a register.
00:30According to the report, one of the 10-year-olds also manned a deep fryer, which is not allowed
00:34for workers under the age of 16.
00:36A senior vice president at McDonald's said the findings were unacceptable, deeply troubling
00:41and run afoul of the high expectations we have for the entire McDonald's brand.
00:46The three franchises that operate the 62 locations were collectively fined more than $200,000
00:52by the Department of Labor for the violations.