"Two 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald’s restaurant — sometimes until 2 a.m. — the US Department of Labor said Tuesday. The revelation was part of an investigation into the child labor law violations in the Southeast. The agency also found three franchisees that own more than 60 McDonald’s locations in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio, “employed 305 children to work more than the legally permitted hours and perform tasks prohibited by law for young workers,” the Labor Department said in a statement.
“Investigators from the department’s Wage and Hour Division found two 10-year-old workers at a Louisville McDonald’s restaurant among many violations of federal labor laws committed by three Kentucky McDonald’s franchise operators,” the release said. “Investigators also determined two 10-year-old children were employed – but not paid – and sometimes worked as late as 2 a.m.”
Exactly what is the problem with 10 year olds working until 2 am? Really? You telling me these kids don't have the stamina and energy to work late nights and go to school tomorrow? Also, these kids are learning something very important that schools won't teach them...the value of hard work...Now I don't agree that the kids should work for free, they should have been paid...
However, from reading the story...these kids were the children of a manager, why should they be paid anything? Would you pay your child to mow the lawn or take out the trash? So why would this person pay their kids to work at the store they managed? This is just the left trying to stop children from being put the work and keeping them lazy, playing videos games and being indoctrinated by TV and social media.