On Tuesday,The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it has fined R&G Foods, the owner of Rex's Foodland grocery, $24,750 for allowing 20 children, some even as young as 15, to load and operate a paper baling machine which the department thought to be dangerous equipment. it is only can be operated by adults.
A manager was called by telephone at the grocery said Tuesday she was unaware of the fines, refused to give her name and hung up.
An investigation also found two workers under 16 worked longer hours than allowed.
teenagers may not work more than three hours on school days and eight hours on non-school days.
The grocery in Chapel Hill, about 40 miles south of Nashville, advocates on its Web site it aims to provide job opportunities for adults and "teens still in school that are interested in learning the business."
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