April 22, 2024
In a case involving a manufacturer of parts for John Deere, Toro and Yamaha products, the USDOL not only issued fines of $296,000, they ordered the company to put aside $1.5 million of their profits–30 days worth–to compensate children employed illegally. The company, Tuff Torq Corp, was foudn to have “subjected 10 children to oppressive child labor.”
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December 08, 2023
“Using national and state-by-state data, the study shows that in the seven states where the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters operates, an estimated 230,000 construction workers are illegally misclassified, the cost to taxpayers is more than $1.16 billion and the savings to contractors who cheat is $1.8 billion.”
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