LA-area poultry processor; owner Tony Bran used children as young as 14 to debone chicken, $3.8M DOL judgment (2023)
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As directed by the consent judgment, Bran and The Exclusive Poultry must pay $3.5 million in back wages and damages to affected workers.
Under the consent judgment, Mr. Bran and The Exclusive Poultry will pay $3.5 million in back wages and damages to affected workers. Of that total, $300,000 in punitive damages and $100,614 in back wages will be paid to workers who faced retaliation.
In addition, the employers must pay $201,104 in civil money penalties assessed by the division for the child labor and willful violations.
The employers must also pay $201,104 in civil penalties assessed by the division for the child labor and willful violations, among other terms.
employed children as young as 14 years old to debone poultry using sharp knives and operate power-driven lifts to move pallets