Child labor law violations are at their highest in decades.
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That is one reason why advocates like the Center for Law and Social Policy recommend that the maximum allowable penalty for child labor violations be increased from $15,000 to $1 million per child. This would improve the odds that egregious violators like Packers Sanitation Services would comply with the law. Were this the standard, the company would have paid $102 million for its heinous violations instead of $1.2 million.
Source URL: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2024/05/01/child-labor-law-violations-247831?emci=ea12e141-bf08-ef11-96f3-7c1e521b07f9&emdi=c529d6ab-bf08-ef11-96f3-7c1e521b07f9&ceid=2846927
