HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor fined a North Carolina Chick-fil-A after it says the restaurant violated federal child labor and minimum wage regulations after paying some employees with meal vouchers instead of a wage.
The violation was among several at the restaurant, according to a Wednesday news release by the Labor Department, and it received a $6,450 fine. The Labor Department said the Hendersonville Chick-fil-A allowed three workers under the age of 18 to operate a trash compactor, in violation of federal child-labor regulations that prohibit employing minors to perform hazardous jobs.
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation also found the restaurant paid employees, who worked to direct traffic, to work for meal vouchers rather than wages, in violation of federal minimum wage law.