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| October 27, 2008 DOL Home > ESA > WHD > News Releases > Atlanta > 07-594-ATL(092) |  |
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Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Press Releases
Scottsboro, Ala., sign manufacturer pays more than $9,000 for youth employment violation following investigation by U.S. Labor DepartmentBIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tennessee Valley Sign & Printing, Scottsboro, Ala., has paid $9,652 in civil money penalties for allowing a minor to work in violation of the youth employment provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Wage and Hour Investigators found that a teenage worker who was seriously injured on the job performed hazardous duties as defined by federal regulations. “Young workers can learn valuable skills when they enter the job market, but employers must ensure that teens have safe work experiences that do not expose them to hazardous duties,” said Oliver Peebles III, district director of the Wage and Hour Division’s Birmingham District Office. Investigators determined that the 17-year-old was injured while operating a punch press used to cut steel rods. The department’s youth employment regulations identify 17 hazardous occupations prohibited for workers under the age of 18, including operations of power-driven metal forming, punching and shearing machines. For more compliance information about youth employment laws and jobs prohibited under the secretary of labor’s hazardous duty orders, visit the department’s YouthRules! Web site atwww.youthrules.dol.gov. For more information on the FLSA, call the Department of Labor’s toll-free help line at (866) 4US-WAGE (487-9243), visit the Internet at www.wagehour.dol.gov or contact the Wage and Hour Division’s Birmingham office, which serves Gulf Coast Alabama and Mississippi, at 955 22nd St. N., Suite 656; telephone (205) 731-1305. ### U.S. Department of Labor releases are accessible on the Internet at www.dol.gov. The information in this news release will be made available in alternate format (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office upon request. Please specify which news release when placing your request at (202) 693-7828 or TTY (202) 693-7755. The Labor Department is committed to providing America’s employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit www.dol.gov/compliance.
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