The restaurants violated restrictions on the hours minors may be employed and the kinds of work they can do and hired one younger than 14, the minimum age for teens to work in most non-farm occupations. This company was cited before for child labor violations and yet they continued to put a large number of minors at risk for injury and ignored restrictions on hours. GZK has filed an exception to the fine and requested a hearing before a Labor Department administrative law judge. They also are limited to no more than 18 hours during a school week. They need time to do their homework and be rested for school.
School is their main job.