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A Department of Labor investigation found the operators of 14 Subway restaurants violated labor laws. The employers also didn't pay their employees regularly and stole tips, the DOL said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe operators of 14 Bay Area Subway restaurants "endangered children" by making its teenage employees as young as 14 use dangerous equipment and work unlawful hours, an investigation by the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found. AdvertisementAdvertisementInvestigators found that several Subway workers at the 14 restaurants had suffered burns and other injuries, having operated ovens, toasters, cardboard balers and other dangerous equipment, the DOL said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe investigation and litigation included these 14 Subway restaurants:
Persons: DOL, , John Meza, Jessica, Hamza Ayesh, Arkady Itkin, Ruben Rosalez, Labor Marc Pilotin Organizations: of Labor, Service, US Department of Labor's, Court, Northern, Northern District of, Subway, The Press Democrat, Department of Labor, Labor Locations: DOL, Northern District, Northern District of California, San Francisco
The Department of Labor randomly investigated 50 clothing companies in Southern California. It found that more than 80% were breaking one or more provisions of federal labor law. One garment maker was paying workers just $1.58 an hour. In what the department described as a "particularly egregious case," one garment manufacturer — making clothes for brands including Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Stitch Fix, and Von Maur, per investigators — was found to be paying some workers an hourly rate of just $1.58. It shows, she argued, "that strong federal action is needed to change the abusive pay rates in the American garment manufacturing industry."
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