The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. to address child labor violations at its Accomac, Virginia plant.

US poultry group Perdue Farms plans to permanently shut down a factory in Monterey, Tennessee, resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs. The closure, slated for 28 March, follows a "thorough strategic business and financial review of the plant’s performance and its future viability",

JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials announced this week.

Listen to this article Perdue Farms has agreed to pay $4 million in restitution to settle a federal investigation into alleged child labor violations at the company’s poultry processing plant on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has reached agreements with Perdue Farms Inc. and staffing agency SMX LLC to resolve child labor violations at a poultry processing facility in Accomac, Virginia.

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The company and a staffing agency it contracted will pay restitution after violations were found in its Accomac, Virginia, processing facility.

Poultry processor Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant in Monterey, Tenn., on March 28, resulting in 433 people being laid off.

Virginia. Here's what the department had to say in its news release. Department of Labor: Perdue Farms, SMX 'jointly employed children in hazardous occupations' Investigators with the department ...

Since at least 2020, the Labor Department said Perdue Farms illicitly employed children through Staff Management Solutions LLC and SMX LLC. Minors worked at a facility in Accomac, Virginia ...