A Tennessee cleaning contractor has been fined more than $600,000 by the Department of Labor after allegedly hiring children to clean slaughterhouses.
Fayette Janitorial Service LLC, which is headquartered in Somerville and operates as Fayette Industrial, must pay $649,304 in civil money penalties and hire a third party to review and implement company policies aimed at preventing the future employment of children in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to a statement issued by the department on May 6.
