The meat processor refuted claims of “knowingly” hiring minors and agreed to settle the matter to avoid “the distraction of ...
ST. PAUL MINN. — The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) recently confirmed that Smithfield Foods Inc. agreed to ...
The St. James Smithfield plant has been fined $2 million for illegally employing minors in evening and overnight shifts ...
One of the nation’s largest meat processors has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at ...
Combating unlawful child labor in Minnesota is a priority for DLI and it will continue to devote resources to addressing and resolving these violations,” Minnesota DLI Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach ...
The plant is the latest in a litany of southern Minnesota towns, from Madelia to Marshall to Worthington, to face allegations ...