Mark R. wrote:I saw that article earlier and I think I would need more information before commenting. I know it is legal for children of that age to work in the restaurant if it's owned by their family. Whether that's the case here and out I'm not sure. If they were actually employing these children I think it's terrible but if they were part of the family that owns the restaurant it something completely different.
They were fined because they were doing something illegal, Mark. There’s zero reason to jump to the assumption that this was legal activity where the fines were unjustified. And I’d like to see a citation that 10-year-olds are allowed to operate deep fryers as long as they’re kids of an owner before I’ll buy that assertion.
In one case it was the children of a manager, not an owner. The other cases aren’t clear about the kids’ relationships to other staff except that they were fined.
Franchisee Bauer Foods LLC confirmed to CNN that the two 10-year-olds allegedly employed were children of a night manager who were visiting their parent at work and were not approved by franchisee organization management to be in that part of the restaurant.
Two of the other franchisees, Archways Richwood and Bell Restaurant Group, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.From:
https://abc11.com/amp/mcdonalds-child-l ... /13208848/
