Hundreds Of Children, Including 2 10-Year-Olds, Found Working Overtime At McDonald's

Three McDonald’s franchise operators were fined a total of $212,744 after investigators found 305 children under 16 working longer than legally permitted — and two 10-year-olds working unpaid — at 62 locations across four states, the Department of Labor said Tuesday. The division said the 10-year-olds, who worked at McDonald’s restaurants run by Bauer Food in Louisville, “sometimes worked as late as 2 a.m.” and “prepared and distributed food orders, cleaned the store, worked at the drive-thru window and operated a register.” “The division also learned that one of the...