BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- CLP Corporation, operator of McDonald's franchise restaurants in Birmingham, Gadsden and Anniston has paid nearly $102,000 in civil penalties and $38,880 dollars in back wages to 574 employees for youth employment violations.
The US Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division announced today that the company also agreed to comply with the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Oliver Peebles III, acting district director, said the civil money penalties imposed against the company reflects the department's special emphasis on protecting young workers from hazardous conditions in the workplace.
An investigation found that minors operated trash compactors and drove motor vehicles at some restaurant locations. Managers at some locations allegedly let 14 and 15-year-olds work more than three hours or later than 7 p.m. on school days.
The investigation also found that some employees at the company's 44 locations had not been paid for all hours worked.
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